Description: track the latest copyright lawsuits in music
By Alyssa Yoshino. On March 4, 2022, Sound and Color, LLC filed a lawsuit against Sam Smith, Normani, and various other recording and publishing companies alleging copyright infringement of the song “Dancing with Strangers,” formerly known as “Dancing with a Stranger,” written in 2015 by Jordan Vincent, Christopher Miranda, and Rosco Banlaoi. Vincent, Miranda, and Banlaoi are currently in the process of assigning their copyright in “Dancing with Strangers” to Sound and Color, LLC. Plaintiffs al
By Alyssa Yoshino. Dua Lipa was hit with two copyright infringement lawsuits in the first week of March 2022. The first was filed by the members of the band Artikal Sound System, a Florida-based reggae band, who allege that Dua Lipa’s “Levitating” infringes their song “Live Your Life.” Artikal Sound System filed the lawsuit on March 1, 2022, in the Central District of California. The second lawsuit was filed on March 4, 2022, in the Southern District of New York, by the composers of the song “Wiggle and Gig
By Alyssa Yoshino. Dua Lipa was hit with two copyright infringement lawsuits in the first week of March 2022. The first was filed by the members of the band Artikal Sound System, a Florida-based reggae band, who allege that Dua Lipa’s “Levitating” infringes their song “Live Your Life.” Artikal Sound System filed the lawsuit on March 1, 2022, in the Central District of California. The second lawsuit was filed by the composers of the song “Wiggle and Giggle All Night,” L. Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer throug