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Competition & Markets Authority • 2 min read

CMU Digest 20.04.20: UK Music, StubHub, Katy Perry, SGAE, Bonzo Dog Band

A digest of the week's music business news, including UK Music's call on freelance support gaps, the CMA's investigation of Viagogo's StubHub deal, and the SGAE board ousting its President.…

Chris Cooke • 20 Apr 2020

Artist News • 2 min read

Joyful Noise rapper takes Katy Perry song-theft case to the Ninth Circuit appeals court

Rapper Flame has formally begun appeal proceedings at the Ninth Circuit against a judge's ruling overturning a jury verdict in his Dark Horse song-theft case against Katy Perry.…

Chris Cooke • 17 Apr 2020

Artist News • 3 min read

Judge overturns Dark Horse song-theft judgement

A Californian judge has overturned last year's Dark Horse song-theft verdict, ruling as a matter of law that Katy Perry did not infringe 'Joyful Noise'.…

Chris Cooke • 18 Mar 2020

Artist News • 3 min read

Warner claims ad income on Dark Horse commentary video over musical segment it said wasn't protected by copyright

Musician Adam Neely says Warner Chappell claimed ad income from his YouTube video analysing the Katy Perry 'Dark Horse' case, despite the publisher having argued the disputed segment was not copyrightable.…

Chris Cooke • 10 Feb 2020

Business News • 2 min read

Katy Perry and co ordered to pay $2.7 million to rapper they ripped off

A US jury has ordered Katy Perry and her songwriters to pay $2.7 million in damages to rapper Flame over 'Dark Horse', which the jury found subconsciously infringed 'Joyful Noise'.…

Chris Cooke • 02 Aug 2019

Artist News • 3 min read

Joyful Noise makers now seek their share of the $41 million made by Katy Perry's Dark Horse

Damages discussions have begun in the Dark Horse case after a jury found Katy Perry infringed Flame's Joyful Noise, with the song reportedly earning around $41 million.…

Chris Cooke • 31 Jul 2019

Business News • 2 min read

Court rules that Katy Perry ripped off Christian rap track on Dark Horse

A US jury has found that Katy Perry and her co-writers likely heard Flame's 2008 track 'Joyful Noise' and that 'Dark Horse' infringes its copyright, ruling in favour of Flame.…

Chris Cooke • 30 Jul 2019

Artist News • 2 min read

Dr Luke says songwriters will be creatively constrained if court rules Katy Perry hit ripped off Christian rap track

Dr Luke has told a jury that protecting a simple musical phrase would constrain songwriters, and that he had never heard Flame's 'Joyful Noise' before writing 'Dark Horse'.…

Chris Cooke • 24 Jul 2019

Artist News • 1 min read

Katy Perry denies having ever heard Christian rap track she's accusing of ripping off on 'Dark Horse'

Katy Perry has told a California jury she had never heard Christian rapper Flame's 'Joyful Noise' before writing 'Dark Horse', as the plagiarism trial begins.…

Chris Cooke • 19 Jul 2019