{"id":21378,"date":"2022-03-11T07:10:25","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T12:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=21378"},"modified":"2022-03-11T07:10:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T12:10:25","slug":"katy-perry-wins-in-dark-horse-copyright-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/03\/11\/katy-perry-wins-in-dark-horse-copyright-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Katy Perry wins in Dark Horse copyright appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Katy Perry will no longer have to pay $2.8m (\u00a32.1m) to a rapper who said she stole his song on her hit Dark Horse.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Marcus Gray sued Perry in 2014, saying she had plagiarised an eight-note riff from his track Joyful Noise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A jury agreed and awarded him the $2.8m payout, but a judge later overturned that verdict, saying the melody was not “particularly unique or rare”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Upholding that decision, a federal appeals court said the original verdict could have suffocated musical creativity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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