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2 August 2019CopyrightSaman Javed

Katy Perry and Capitol Records must pay rapper $2.7m

Katy Perry and her record label must pay almost $3 million in damages to a rapper after a jury found, earlier this week, that her single “Dark Horse” infringed his copyright.

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Katy Perry victorious as judge overturns $3m ‘Dark Horse’ copyright award
18 March 2020   Katy Perry’s song “Dark Horse” did not infringe the copyright of “Joyful Noise”, a song by Christian rapper Flame, according to a US District Court of California ruling, overturning a previous jury verdict against the pop star.
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Rapper urges court to ignore 'friends of Katy Perry' brief
9 January 2020   The Christian rapper at the heart of the “Dark Horse” copyright clash is attempting to bar the submission of an amicus brief by a group of musicologists, which he claims is “unabashedly partisan” to Katy Perry’s arguments.
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Katy Perry says she suffered a ‘miscarriage of justice’ in copyright trial
11 October 2019   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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