Mar 11, 2022 · Katy Perry will no longer have to pay $2.8m (£2.1m) to a rapper who said she stole his song on her hit Dark Horse. Marcus Gray sued Perry in 2014, saying she had plagiarised an...

Gray et al. claimed that the instrumental beat of the ostinato in "Joyful Noise" was protectable original expression and that Perry et al. had access to and copied the ostinato when …

Mar 10, 2022 · A federal appeals court on Thursday (March 10) refused to reinstate a $2.8 million copyright infringement verdict against Katy Perry over her 2014 chart-topper “ Dark Horse,” …

On March 10, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held—in a precedential decision in Gray v. Hudson —that Katy Perry’s song “Dark Horse” did not infringe a Christian …

Aug 22, 2025 · Katy Perry is currently involved in a significant legal battle concerning her hit song “Dark Horse.” The lawsuit was initiated by a US veteran, Christian rapper Marcus Gray, who …

Mar 11, 2022 · A Thursday ruling from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found that a 2019 jury verdict determining that "Dark Horse" copied the song "Joyful Noise" by Christian hip-hop artist …

Mar 11, 2022 · Rapper Flame, real name Marcus Gray, sued Katy Perry in 2014 following the release of Dark Horse the previous year, accusing her of copying his track Joyful Noise. A jury …

Mar 10, 2022 · The 37-year-old Prism pop star has faced litigation over her 2013 smash “Dark Horse” for years, and a federal appeals court just made a decision on Thursday (March 10).

Aug 2, 2019 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — Katy Perry, her collaborators and her record label must pay more than $2.78 million because the pop star’s 2013 hit “Dark Horse” copied a 2009 Christian …

Mar 11, 2022 · The courts have ruled in favor of Katy Perry in the "Dark Horse" copyright lawsuit, according to Variety. Marcus Gray, known as "Flame" first sued Perry back in 2014, claiming …