"LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury on Monday found that Katy Perry’s 2013 hit “Dark Horse” improperly copied a 2009 Christian rap song in a unanimous decision that represented a rare takedown of a pop superstar and her elite producer by a relatively unknown artist.
The 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.
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The case now goes to a penalty phase, where the jury will decide how much Perry and other defendants owe for copyright infringement.
Questions from the jury during their two full days of deliberations had suggested that they might find only some of the defendants liable for copyright infringement. The case focused on the notes and beats of the song, not its lyrics or recording, and the questions suggested that Perry might be off the hook.
But in a decision that left many in the courtroom surprised, jurors found all six songwriters and all four corporations that released and distributed the songs were liable, including Perry and Sarah Hudson, who wrote only the song’s words, and Juicy J, who only wrote the rap he provided for the song. Perry was not present when the verdict was read.
Other defendants found liable were Capitol Records as well as Perry’s producers: Dr. Luke, Max Martin and Cirkut, who came up with the song’s beat."
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| Time of Grace graduates are lacking in grace, lackeys of Fuller Seminary. |
GJ - WELS encourages its poorly-trained seminarians to plagiarize. Therefore, many have been caught plagiarizing Church Growth sermonettes word-for-word.
Glende and Ski excommunicated a lawyer for speaking directly to them about the plagiarism. The DP supported Glende and Ski.
Later, the same dynamic ambiguous-about-doctrine duo took a WELS member to court for telling the truth.
Objective Justification training works well in the Wisconsin Sect - do not doubt it.
