A federal judge in LA on Tuesday overturned a 2019 jury verdict that found pop singer Katy Perry’s song 'Dark Horse' improperly copied a 2009 Christian rap song.
The judge vacated the jury’s verdict, which according to court documents amounted to $2.8 million in damages.
An attorney who represents “Joyful Noise" rapper Marcus Gray said in a statement that they will appeal the judge’s ruling. “When the jurors returned a unanimous verdict of infringement, I cautioned my clients that we had only finished Round 11 of a 15-round match and that the next round would take place in the court of appeals,” attorney Michael A. Kahn said.The other plaintiffs are Emanuel Lambert and Chike Ojukwu, who wrote “Joyful Noise” with Gray.
Gray's attorneys had argued that the beat and instrumental line featured through nearly half of"Dark Horse" are substantially similar to those of"Joyful Noise,”Perry's lawyer Christine Lepera said during closing arguments that the claim amounted to “trying to own basic building blocks of music, the alphabet of music that should be available to everyone.
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