Developing Story: Jury instructs Katy Perry to pay $2.78M over copyright fiasco

Romar Fernando

August 2, 2019

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  The jury indicts Katy Perry, her other five collaborators and her record label must pay an amount of $2.78 million because of the copyright violations of the 2013 hit “Dark Horse” over a Christian Rap song.

  The money is awarded on Thursday to Marcus Gray and his two collaborators for their claims for the 2009 song “Joyful Noise.”

  “These defendants have made millions and millions of dollars from their infringement of the plaintiff’s copyright,” said Michael Kahn, Gray’s legal counsel.

  “They seek a fair portion of the defendants’ profits. Not all of them,” he added.

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