"On Feb. 15, 2002, D.J. Jubilee registered his song with the U.S. Copyright Office. On that same day, he filed a copyright infringement suit against Juvenile in U.S. District Court in Louisiana; Juvenile denied the copyright infringement allegation.To prevail, D.J. Jubilee had to prove that he had a copyrighted song and that Juvenile's song was 'substantially similar' to his.
After a 2003 trial, a jury ruled in favor of defendant Juvenile, finding that D.J. Jubilee failed to prove that his version of 'Back That Ass Up' was substantially similar to Jubilee's version of 'Back That Azz Up.'
D.J. Jubilee appealed to the 5th Circuit, arguing that many of the jury instructions were flawed, including instructions on substantial similarity, specifically when applied to the use of the phrase 'back that ass up.' "
(Thanks, Jim)
