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11 October 2019CopyrightRory O'Neill

Katy Perry says she suffered a ‘miscarriage of justice’ in copyright trial

Katy Perry has labelled a jury’s decision to find her liable for copyright infringement over her song “Dark Horse” and award a Christian rapper $2.7 million in damages as a “grave miscarriage of justice”.

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