Lawsuits involving alleged copyright and plagiarism cases are as common as artists receiving awards and accolades in the music industry.
And in the course of time, huge artists have kept a strong set of lawyers and team to help them win and get over these legal headaches.
Dua Lipa, who has been battling a copyright infringement lawsuit for her song "Levitating," has hand-picked a new set of lawyers to fight in behalf of her.
Dua Lipa 'Levitating' Lawsuit Explained
Dua Lipa is facing a massive lawsuit for her song, "Levitating." The song was allegedly copied from the Florida Reggae band Artikal Sound System's "Live Your Life."
The complaint alleged that the "Levitating" and "Live Your Life" were so similar that it was "highly unlikely that 'Levitating' was created independently."
The band also said that Dua has access to the song to the 2017-released song, although the band has not provided any reason why they think that the popstar has heard the track.
Aside from the Florida-born band, songwriters L. Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer has also accussed the British singer of copying the intro part of their 1979 song "Wiggle and Giggle All Night."
The duo claimed that the popularity of the opening verse of "Levitating" on TikTok in their complaint, saying that their intellectual property was the driving force for the song's success on the platform.
Dua Lipa 'Levitating' Lawsuit Gets A New Legal Team
Fresh from her recent win at the "Dark Horse" copyright lawsuit, Christine Lepera and her law firm Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp is now representing Dua Lipa. Lepera previously represented Katy Perry and rapper Jay-Z on a lawsuit similar to Lipa's.
The lawyer to the stars successfully defended Katy Perry's "Dark Horse" which became a precedent-setting case law, noting that the infringement lawsuits should not be brought over basic musical "building blocks." (via Billboard)
The "Levitating" lawsuit shares the similar argument that both songs merely contain common "musical tropes that aren't covered by copyrights" and that Dua was free to use when she created her new song.
Dua's team are perparing to "answer" to the cases in the upcoming weeks while they are working to eventually have the lawsuits thrown out.
"Levitating" peaked at No. 2 at the Billboard Hot 100, althought it stayed at the charts for 77 weeks.
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