Katy Perry pictured in February 2019. Photograph: Valérie Macon/AFP/Getty Images Katy Perry, Capitol Records and the producer Dr Luke have been ordered to pay $2.78m (£2.3m) in damages to a Christian rapper after a jury in California found that her song Dark Horse plagiarised one of his tracks.
Why did Katy Perry have to pay flame?
A federal jury in Los Angeles on Thursday decided that the group must pay nearly $2.8 million in damages to Flame, whose real name is Marcus Gray, because they determined parts of “Dark Horse” closely resembled “Joyful Noise,” a Christian rap song of Gray’s from 2008.
How much did Katy Perry have to pay for Joyful Noise?
The jury determined that 22.5% of the profits from “Dark Horse” were owed to “Joyful Noise.” According to the verdict, Perry must pay just over $550,000. Her label, Capitol Records, has to pay nearly $1.3 million.
Who are the people that Katy Perry owes money to?
Her label, Capitol Records, has to pay nearly $1.3 million. Perry’s five collaborators on song were also ordered to pay, including producer Max Martin, who owes $253,000, and Dr. Luke, who was ordered to pay $61,000. Luke’s company, Kasz Money Inc., owes $189,000.
A federal jury in Los Angeles on Thursday decided that the group must pay nearly $2.8 million in damages to Flame, whose real name is Marcus Gray, because they determined parts of “Dark Horse” closely resembled “Joyful Noise,” a Christian rap song of Gray’s from 2008.
What did Katy Perry have to pay for Dark Horse?
Katy Perry and her producing partners have to pay up in a copyright infringement case over her 2013 song “Dark Horse.”
The jury determined that 22.5% of the profits from “Dark Horse” were owed to “Joyful Noise.” According to the verdict, Perry must pay just over $550,000. Her label, Capitol Records, has to pay nearly $1.3 million.
Her label, Capitol Records, has to pay nearly $1.3 million. Perry’s five collaborators on song were also ordered to pay, including producer Max Martin, who owes $253,000, and Dr. Luke, who was ordered to pay $61,000. Luke’s company, Kasz Money Inc., owes $189,000.
