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Judge says dispute over reggaeton’s defining ‘dembow riddim’ is now a “battle of the experts” that only a jury can resolve
The copyright status of the ‘dembow riddim’ that originates in a Steely & Clevie track and has been used in so many reggaeton records will be decided by a jury. Experts disagree over whether the beat is an “original and protectable work” and a judge has ruled that only a jury can decide who is right…
