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Kanye - Made in America not an infringement n Kanye West, Jay-Z and Frank Ocean did not infringe copyright with their track Made in America, a US appeal court has found. Joel McDonald, known as Joel Mac, had claimed that the song had infringed copyright by taking its concept from his song, also called Made in America. However, a federal appeal court upheld an earlier decision that it did not. The court found Mr McDonald’s arguments to be ‘without merit’. zoom-in Winter 2016 | 7