A copyright infringement ruling against Katy Perry came down to just four notes in her 2013 hit, 'Dark Horse.' Music and intellectual property experts say it sets a dangerous precedent — and could encourage more lawsuits over basic similarities. (KQED)
In the trial's closing arguments, Perry's lawyer Christine Lepera said that the riffs in"Dark Horse" and"Joyful Noise" are so generic that trying to copyright them would be like"trying to own basic building blocks of music, the alphabet of music that should be available to everyone." Some music producers now fear that the Perry lawsuit lowers the bar for what qualifies as copyright infringement, leaving their industry vulnerable to predatory lawsuits.
, the founder of Molly House Records whose production credits include tracks by Cakes Da Killa and bbymutha." Keyes points to flaws in the United States' copyright system, especially when it comes to music. Just as recipes or short phrases aren't protected by copyright, basic musical conventions also belong in the public domain, he argues."When it comes to small little musical ideas, standard stock little licks or hooks, those sorts of things should not be subject to copyright," Keyes says.
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