Katy Perry guilty of stealing beat for Dark Horse hit from Christian rapper

[snoop1130]

Katy Perry guilty of stealing beat for Dark Horse hit from Christian rapper

 

Katy Perry in 2015 before she performed the hit at the Super Bowl CREDIT: GETTY/JASON MERRITT

 

A jury's verdict that Katy Perry's 2013 hit "Dark Horse" improperly copied a 2009 Christian rap song represents a rare takedown of a pop superstar and her elite producer by a relatively unknown artist, and sets up a battle over damages that will begin on Tuesday.

 

Monday's unanimous verdict by a nine-member federal jury in a Los Angeles courtroom came five years after Marcus Gray and two co-authors, first sued in 2014 alleging "Dark Horse" stole from "Joyful Noise," a song Gray released under the stage name Flame.

 

The penalty phase is scheduled begin Tuesday with opening arguments, and will ultimately determine how much Perry and other defendants owe for copyright infringement.

 

Testimony will give jurors a peek into the finances behind "Dark Horse," a hit single that earned Perry a Grammy nomination and was the second song in her elaborate 2015 Super Bowl halftime performance.

 

Full Story: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/07/30/katy-perry-found-guilty-stealing-beat-record-breaking-track/

[wolf81]

Turn the other cheek I guess.

[Skeptic7]

And who'd they "borrow" it from??? ????

[Thingamabob]

No surprise. Awful woman.