, a federal appeals court refused to reinstate a $2.8 million copyright infringement verdict against Perry over her 2013 single “Dark Horse,” ruling that the two songs named share only basic musical “building blocks.”
Back in 2014, rapper Marcus Gray had sued Perry, accusing her of ripping off his song “Joyful Noise.” Jurors awarded him the verdict, but a judge in 2020 on the grounds that the “ostinato” Perry allegedly copied was too simple for copyright protection.On Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld that decision, by a 3-to-0 vote.
“The portion of the ‘Joyful Noise’ ostinato that overlaps with the ‘Dark Horse’ ostinato consists of a manifestly conventional arrangement of musical building blocks,” said the appeals court. “Allowing a copyright over this material would essentially amount to allowing an improper monopoly over two-note pitch sequences or even the minor scale itself.”
Below, check out a clip of Perry’s onstage reaction that was uploaded by a fan who attended the show.
Tf she mean she a scorpion?
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