Beyoncé and Jay Z win "Drunk in Love" sampling suit

Beyoncé and Jay Z beat a lawsuit filed by a Hungarian singer who accused the superstar couple of using her voice for their hit track “Drunk in Love” without her permission because the song is a “constitutionally protected work of art,” according to a new ruling.

Mitsou sued for unspecified monetary damages, claiming the “blatant unauthorized use of [her] voice for trade purposes is causing irreparable harm and emotional distress.”

But Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Cynthia Kern tossed the case because Mitsou was suing under the state Civil Rights Law, which only protects a “name, portrait, picture or voice used for advertising or trade purposes without written consent.”

Kern wrote that “courts have consistently held that Civil Rights Law does not apply to works of literary and artistic expression.

“It is undisputed that the ‘Drunk in Love’ song and video are works of artistic expression and, pursuant to well established law, they are therefore exempted from the Civil Rights Law,” Kern said.