Intellectual Property,
Entertainment & Sports
Jul. 22, 2019
Musicologist sings part of testimony in trial over Katy Perry song
A federal jury heard animated expert testimony, and singing, from a musicologist Friday in a case that will decide whether pop superstar Katy Perry ripped off aspects of her song “Dark Horse” from a preexisting song released by a Christian rapper once known as FLAME.
LOS ANGELES -- A federal jury heard animated expert testimony, and singing, from a musicologist Friday in a case that will decide whether pop superstar Katy Perry ripped off aspects of her song "Dark Horse" from a pre-existing song released by a Christian rapper once known as FLAME.
"Do you believe that 'Dark Horse' borrows from 'Joyful Noise'?" asked the plaintiff's attorney, Lauren Cohen of St. Louis-based law firm Capes, Sokol, G...
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