Associated Press - August 12, 2009 5:44 AM ET
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal judge has agreed to postpone a trial for a lawsuit that accuses rapper Lil Wayne of sampling another artist's work without permission.
U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman didn't immediately set a new date for the trial that was scheduled to start Oct. 26.
The copyright infringement suit claims Lil Wayne failed to secure permission to sample folk singer Karma-Ann Swanepoel's song "Once" on his track "I Feel Like Dying."
Universal Music Group also is named as a defendant in the suit because the company allegedly had a hand in posting Lil Wayne's song on a MySpace.com page where millions of fans downloaded it for free.
Universal had asked Feldman for more time to prepare for a trial.
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