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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Laura Snapes

Katy Perry wins £2.1m copyright appeal over hit single Dark Horse

Katy Perry performing during her Las Vegas residency, 29 December 2021.
Katy Perry performing during her Las Vegas residency, 29 December 2021. Photograph: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Katy Perry

Katy Perry has won her appeal in a copyright case over her 2013 hit Dark Horse.

The musician will no longer have to pay $2.8m (£2.1m) to the rapper Flame (real name Marcus Gray), who claimed that her single plagiarised an eight-note ostinato from his 2009 song Joyful Noise.

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