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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Welbert Bauyaban

Bad Bunny Must Pay $465K in Legal Fees After Admitting He Sampled Copyrighted Material for a Song

Bad Bunny's legal fees hit $465,612 (£341,398.36) after a federal judge denied his reimbursement request in a dropped copyright dispute (Credit: Screenshot from NFL / Youtube)

Bad Bunny will have to absorb more than $465,000 (£341,092.89) in legal fees following a protracted copyright dispute. A federal judge in the United States denied the Puerto Rican superstar's request to recover his attorneys' fees on 20 August.

The ruling leaves the artist responsible for $465,612 (£341,398) in costs he had already incurred defending the case, even though the underlying infringement lawsuit was dismissed without a trial on the merits

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