Dua Lipa and her camp believe that the copyright lawsuit filed against her hit song "Levitating" should be dismissed.
The legal battle regarding the "Levitating" copyright continues, but Lipa has since fired back through her lawyers by saying that she never had access or exposure to the songs named in the case.
In the full report shared by Rolling Stone, it was detailed that the superstar singer and her lawyers aim to dismiss the case through a filing to New York Federal judge, U.S. District Judge Hon. Katherine Polk Failla.
Lipa's lawyer Christine Lepera blasted the songwriters L. Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer for starting the issue.
"The 'Levitating' writers never heard the (plaintiffs') compositions. The alleged similarities - a descending scale in which each pitch is repeated on evenly spaced notes and a common clave rhythm- are unprotectable, and the result of the coincidental use of basic musical building blocks," Lepera said.
Lepera also represents the "Levitating" songwriters Clarence Coffee, Jr., Sarah Hudson, and Stephen Kozmeniuk. She also defends Warner Records Inc., Universal Music Corp., and Sony Music Publishing, in the case.
Per the lawyer, the lawsuit has no evidence that Lipa and her team ever heard the alleged infringed songs. Arguing that the songs are available on streaming services should reportedly not be the case since there are millions of songs online.
On top of these, Lepera highlighted the fact that "Don Diablo" - one of the songs that were reportedly plagiarized - was registered with the U.S. Copyright Office.
The judge is yet to respond to the conference request before the scheduled filing of the dismissal motion.
Dua Lipa "Levitating" Lawsuits
Lipa's song is actually bombarded with two lawsuits.
The case to which they responded recently was filed by Brown and Linzer, saying that the song is a duplicate of the opening melody of their song "Wiggle and Giggle All Night."
In addition, the Florida reggae band, Artikal Sound System, alleged that "Levitating" is a rip-off of "Live Your Life," the song they released in 2017.
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In the document they filed, they accused of hearing the song before 2020 and made a copy out of it. They also included Warner Records in the lawsuit as they demand profits and damages fees.
Fans continue to defend Lipa and said that people could go "farther" and find more similar songs.
Lipa's "Levitating became one of the longest-charting Billboard Hot 100 songs of all time.
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