Judge cites B.I.G., Kanye and Neil Young in upcoming copyright lawsuit

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A man suing Future for copyright infringement just had his case thrown out by a judge -- who apparently knows his hip hop...because his opinion is full of classic references.

Judge Martha Pacold dismissed a lawsuit filed by a man named DaQuan Robinson -- who sued Future 2 years ago over what he claimed were numerous elements from the guy's song "When I Think About It"...he says mirroring his own track, "When U Think About It."

Robinson claimed he emailed a draft of the song to the Future team before the official version was released - and claims Future's track ended up being eerily similar to his original song.< /p>

Specifically, Robinson claimed that Future's song dealt with much of the same content as his track -- namely weapons, money and jewelry -- but Judge Pacold cut him off here. .. claiming that these general themes are not copyrighted. -- and are ubiquitous in rap.

To make her point, she cites countless examples where these topics are discussed...such as Biggie's "Machine Gun Funk", Wu-Tang Clan's "C.R.E.A.M". and even "Diamonds of Sierra Leone" by Kanye. In all of this, she says, these references exist...and therefore, they are part of the larger hip hop content that no one can claim copyright to any given song.

The judge couldn't even...