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.
Last week, Katy Perry took the stand before a civil jury in downtown Los Angeles as part of a five-year-old lawsuit and maintained that she was not familiar with Flame’s “Joyful Noise” (featuring Lecrae) when she created her 2013 hit “Dark Horse.”
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Starting Jan. 1, books, songs and films now entering public domain include iconic 1923 works with religious content, including “The Pilgrim,” with Charlie Chaplin; Universal Studios’ “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” starring Lon Chaney; and Cecil B. DeMille’s film “The Ten Commandments,"
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