Rapper Kanye West is finished with court after an Illinois judge dismissed a copyright case filed against his 2007 song Stronger, reports MTV.
The case began in June 2010, when a Virginia man named Vincent Peters filed a federal copyright infringement suit against West, claiming that the rapper had stolen some of his lyrics.
Peters, who goes by the rap alias Vince P., claims that he had submitted his own track, also named Stronger, to West’s manager, John Monopoly, in 2006. Although Peters’ deal fell through, he claims that West’s track "copies significant and important parts of Peters’ lyrics identically or almost identically."
Seeking an undisclosed amount of money and to halt the distribution of West’s song, Peters cited examples of the infringement, including a hook used in the chorus.
"The hook portions of both songs constitute the most memorable portion of the song and make the songs appealing to the ear of the listener," states the suit.
Judge Virginia Kendall, however, did not agree with the claim and dismissed the case, saying that the two songs were not substantially similar.