Mohamed Ramadan Faces Lawsuit Over Unauthorized Song Lyrics
An Egyptian producer has filed a formal lawsuit against actor Mohamed Ramadan, alleging intellectual property infringement over the unauthorized use of lyrics from the song "I am…
Mohamed Ramadan Faces Lawsuit Over Unauthorized Song Lyrics
An Egyptian producer has filed a formal lawsuit against actor Mohamed Ramadan, alleging intellectual property infringement over the unauthorized use of lyrics from the song “I am a Millionaire” in one of his projects without securing prior permissions or rights agreements.
Copyright Claims and the Disputed “I am a Millionaire” Excerpt
The legal friction centers on a specific musical excerpt utilized in one of the artist’s works. The disputed segment features the words: «On any land I descended, I won the love of its people».
The original composition, encompassing the words, composition, and production, belongs to the singer and composer Ahmed Jaafar. The plaintiff maintained that utilizing any part of the artistic work requires explicit consent and the settlement of the financial and moral rights associated with the intellectual property.
Legal Violations and the Intervention of Egyptian Courts
The producer considered this action a clear violation of intellectual property laws in the Arab Republic of Egypt. They emphasized that using any part of the artistic work, no matter how small, requires explicit written approval and the payment of corresponding financial rights to the original owners.
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Economic courts in Egypt have taken up the case. Here, judicial authorities will determine the legality of the clip and whether it was used without obtaining the necessary permits from the holders of intellectual property rights.
Ripple Effects Across the Egyptian Artistic Community
The Egyptian artistic community has been in a state of wide controversy after the announcement of a legal lawsuit filed against Mohamed Ramadan by one of the female producers in Egypt, bringing wide debate to the Egyptian artistic community.
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This legal step is not the first of its kind in Mohamed Ramadan’s artistic career. It comes within a long series of legal disputes and judicial crises that have followed him over the past years, ranging to the crises of the late pilot Ashraf Abu Al-Yusr.
From Informal Talks to the Judiciary
Before escalating the matter to the judicial system, the producer attempted to resolve the dispute. She contacted Mohamed Ramadan’s brother to inform him of her objection to the use of part of the musical work.
According to local media outlets, the brother informed her that he would look into the matter. However, the producer stated that the incident did not witness any action being taken from her point of view.
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This lack of movement or procedure regarding her objection pushed her to resort to the judiciary and take the necessary legal procedures. This placed the case before the competent authorities to examine the entitlement of using the contested musical clip and whether it was used without acquiring the required permits from the intellectual property rights holders of the song.
The case was officially referred to the competent judicial authorities to rule on it. The accusations contained in the lawsuit remain under review by the competent authorities, with no final verdict issued yet to rule on the accusations or determine legal responsibility regarding the use of the musical clip.
Lucia Moretti is the editorial identity for TellingPointy's Culture desk, exploring film, television, music, books, gaming, creators, and the media industries around them. Moretti treats culture as both art and infrastructure: a place where taste, technology, money, identity, and power meet. Her desk moves beyond publicity cycles to ask why a work resonates, how it was made and distributed, whose perspective is missing, and what its reception reveals about the moment.
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