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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Roisin O'Connor

Dua Lipa wins ‘Levitating’ copyright case with a little help from Ed Sheeran

British pop singer Dua Lipa has won a lawsuit that claimed she copied the melody of her hit song “Levitating” from a Seventies disco track.

Songwriters L Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer sued Lipa in 2022, accusing her of infringing on their copyright for two songs: their 1979 track “Wiggle and Giggle All Night”, recorded by Cory Daye, and the 1980 song “Don Diablo” by Spanish singer Miguel Bosé, which they successfully acquired the rights to through a previous copyright case.

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