A judge reversed the jury verdict that ruled that Perry pay $2.8 million to Christian rapper Flame for plagiarizing one of his songs.
Flame -- whose real name is Marcus Gray -- claimed his song was illegally sampled. While the jury may have found sufficient proof in his arguments to hand him a win, Judge Snyder found his entire case very weak.
FILE - In this Sunday, March 8, 2020, file photo, Katy Perry performs before the start of the Women's T20 World Cup cricket final match between Australia and India in Melbourne. A federal judge has given Perry a major victory in the dispute over her song "Dark Horse," overturning a jury's verdict that found the pop superstar and her collaborators copied the 2013 hit "Dark Horse," from a 2009 song by Christian rapper Marcus Gray.
FILE - In this Sunday, March 8, 2020, file photo, Katy Perry performs before the start of the Women's T20 World Cup cricket final match between Australia and India in Melbourne. A federal judge has given Perry a major victory in the dispute over her song "Dark Horse," overturning a jury's verdict that found the pop superstar and her collaborators copied the 2013 hit "Dark Horse," from a 2009 song by Christian rapper Marcus Gray.
Simply put: while the songs may contain similar elements, the elements in question are not protected by copyright.
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