Katy Perry and her team have been ordered to pay $2.78 million in her ongoing “Dark Horse” copyright lawsuit.
During a hearing on Thursday to determine damages, a jury found that Perry and her musical collaborators, including producer Dr. Luke, who worked with her on the single, will have to pay $2.78 million, ET has learned.
The jury awarded the sizable sum to Christian rapper Marcus Gray -- who performs under the stage name"Flame" -- and his two co-writers on the 2009 single"Joyful Noise" -- the song that a jury decided Perry's tune had significantly copied. Perry will be on the hook for $550,000 of the awarded damages, ET has learned, while Capitol Records -- which released the song as part of 2013 album,Gray and the song's co-writers filed the lawsuit over five years ago. The plaintiffs argued that the beat, instrumental line and several other acoustic elements of"Dark Horse" directly stole from"Joyful Noise."
Meanwhile, Perry, the song's other co-authors, and Dr. Luke, testified that they had never heard of Gray or the song"Joyful Noise" before they were sued. However, Gray's attorneys argued that the song was streamed millions of times on Spotify and YouTube, and that the track appeared on an album nominated for a GRAMMY, so it wouldn't have been difficult for the writers to have been exposed to the song before penning"Dark Horse."GET THE ET NEWSLETTER
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