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US court sides with Dr Dre

Detroit - The Michigan Supreme Court has sided with Dr Dre, ruling that Detroit officials had no right to privacy when they were videotaped backstage at a concert involving the hip-hop mogul and fellow rapper Eminem.

The court released a ruling on Saturday that dismisses a lawsuit filed by City Councilman Gary Brown and other officials after the 2000 show.

Brown was a high-ranking police official at the time, and warned concert organisers that power at the arena would be turned off if they showed a sexually explicit video. The confrontation was taped and later included in a DVD of the Up In Smoke tour.

Dr Dre's lawyer, Herschel Fink, says there's no right to privacy when police are doing their job.

The Supreme Court's 6-1 decision overturns an appeals court ruling.

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