Gangster Life Too Common To Copyright, Third Circuit Says in Ruling for 50 Cent

Gang life marked by death and prison is a common theme not subject to copyright, a federal appeals court holds in affirming dismissal of a suit by an author who claimed recording artist 50 Cent stole from his autobiography.

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