Pop singer Madonna celebrated her 58th birthday Tuesday strolling and dancing in Cuba, the latest US star to visit the communist island since it restored ties with Washington last year. 
 
In a white shawl, black sunglasses and Panama hat, the singer wandered through the streets of Havana with her bodyguards.&nbsp;Locals took pictures of her with their phones and one group sang &quot;happy birthday&quot;, an AFP photographer saw. 
 
&quot;She is in Cuba to celebrate her 58th birthday in Havana along with her children, relatives and close friends,&quot; state news website Cubadebate said. 
 
Madonna posted a photograph on Twitter of herself in a black dress with a design of yellow flowers and the Spanish message &quot;Cuba libre&quot; or &quot;Free Cuba&quot;.&nbsp;A video posted on Instagram showed her in the same dress dancing on a table to Cuban music in a restaurant in Havana&#39;s old city. 
 
&quot;It was great. I think she had one of her best birthdays ever,&quot; said one local man, Jasel Rey, 26, who said he was present at that celebration on Monday evening.&nbsp;&quot;The best was that she started dancing on a table.&quot; 
 
Cuban state newspaper Granma said Madonna was accompanied by her daughter Lourdes Leon, 19, whose father Carlos Leon is a US-based Cuban dancer and trainer. 
 
After decades of hostility, Cuba formally restored diplomatic relations with the United States last July and eased travel restrictions.&nbsp;Actor Leonardo DiCaprio and singer Beyonce have been among the other US stars to visit. 
 
(AFP)

She posted a photo on Twitter of herself in a black dress with yellow flowers on it and the Spanish message, 'Cuba libre' or 'Free Cuba'

Pop singer Madonna celebrated her 58th birthday Tuesday strolling and dancing in Cuba, the latest US star to visit the communist island since it restored ties with Washington last year. In a white shawl, black sunglasses and Panama hat, the singer wandered through the streets of Havana with her bodyguards. Locals took pictures of her with their phones and one group sang "happy birthday", an AFP photographer saw. "She is in Cuba to celebrate her 58th birthday in Havana along with her children, relatives and close friends," state news website Cubadebate said. Madonna posted a photograph on Twitter of herself in a black dress with a design of yellow flowers and the Spanish message "Cuba libre" or "Free Cuba". A video posted on Instagram showed her in the same dress dancing on a table to Cuban music in a restaurant in Havana's old city. "It was great. I think she had one of her best birthdays ever," said one local man, Jasel Rey, 26, who said he was present at that celebration on Monday evening. "The best was that she started dancing on a table." Cuban state newspaper Granma said Madonna was accompanied by her daughter Lourdes Leon, 19, whose father Carlos Leon is a US-based Cuban dancer and trainer. After decades of hostility, Cuba formally restored diplomatic relations with the United States last July and eased travel restrictions. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio and singer Beyonce have been among the other US stars to visit. (AFP)

Madonna dances on table during 58th birthday celebrations in Cuba

Pop singer&nbsp;Madonna&nbsp;prevailed &nbsp;in a&nbsp;copyright&nbsp;lawsuit&nbsp;over her&nbsp;song&nbsp;&quot;Vogue&quot; that alleged one of her producers copied a fraction-of-a-second segment of horns from a&nbsp;song&nbsp;he had also worked on.

In a 2-1 vote, the 9th US&nbsp;Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, California ruled that a general audience would not recognize the 0.23-second snippet in &quot;Vogue&quot; as originating from the&nbsp;song&quot;Love Break.&quot;

Shep Pettibone, a producer of &quot;Vogue,&quot; also recorded &quot;Love Break&quot; in the early 1980&#39;s, according to the court ruling.

The plaintiff, VMG Salsoul LLC, owns the&nbsp;copyright&nbsp;to &quot;Love Break&quot; and alleged Pettibone sampled the &quot;horn hit&quot; from the earlier work and added it to &quot;Vogue.&quot;

But the appeals court ruled in favor of&nbsp;Madonna, Pettibone and other defendants including Warner Bros Records.

&quot;Defendants copied, at most, a quarter-note single horn hit and a full measure containing rests and a double horn hit,&quot; Circuit Judge Susan Graber wrote for the majority. &quot;A reasonable jury could not conclude that an average audience would recognize an appropriation of the &#39;Love Break&#39; composition.&quot;

The dissenting judge, Barry Silverman, said even a small sample of music, used without a license, should be a&nbsp;copyright&nbsp;violation. &quot;In any other context, this would be called theft,&quot; Silverman wrote.

Robert Besser, a lawyer for VMG Salsoul, said in a phone interview: &quot;I agree with the dissent because it should be an infringement for copying any piece of any sound recording.&quot; He said his client would review its legal options.

A lawyer for&nbsp;Madonna&nbsp;could not immediately be reached for comment.

The singer?won a?copyright?lawsuit?over her?song?"Vogue" that alleged one of her producers copied a fraction-of-a-second segment of horns from a?song

Pop singer Madonna prevailed in a copyright lawsuit over her song "Vogue" that alleged one of her producers copied a fraction-of-a-second segment of horns from a song he had also worked on. In a 2-1 vote, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, California ruled that a general audience would not recognize the 0.23-second snippet in "Vogue" as originating from the song"Love Break." Shep Pettibone, a producer of "Vogue," also recorded "Love Break" in the early 1980's, according to the court ruling. The plaintiff, VMG Salsoul LLC, owns the copyright to "Love Break" and alleged Pettibone sampled the "horn hit" from the earlier work and added it to "Vogue." But the appeals court ruled in favor of Madonna, Pettibone and other defendants including Warner Bros Records. "Defendants copied, at most, a quarter-note single horn hit and a full measure containing rests and a double horn hit," Circuit Judge Susan Graber wrote for the majority. "A reasonable jury could not conclude that an average audience would recognize an appropriation of the 'Love Break' composition." The dissenting judge, Barry Silverman, said even a small sample of music, used without a license, should be a copyright violation. "In any other context, this would be called theft," Silverman wrote. Robert Besser, a lawyer for VMG Salsoul, said in a phone interview: "I agree with the dissent because it should be an infringement for copying any piece of any sound recording." He said his client would review its legal options. A lawyer for Madonna could not immediately be reached for comment.

Madonna prevails in copyright lawsuit over 'Vogue' number

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