A U.S. district judge dismissed a copyright case against Dua Lipa regarding her hit song “Levitating.” The judge in the case, Sunshine Sykes, declared that the reggae band Artikal Sound System failed to prove that Lipa and the creators of Lipa’s hit had access to “Live Your Life” prior to making the song.
Although the ruling dismissed the lawsuit, the band was permitted the opportunity to refile an amended complaint. Two days later, Billboard reported that attorneys for both Artikal Sound System and Lipa filed a joint motion on Wednesday,...
Although the ruling dismissed the lawsuit, the band was permitted the opportunity to refile an amended complaint. Two days later, Billboard reported that attorneys for both Artikal Sound System and Lipa filed a joint motion on Wednesday,...
- 6/6/2023
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Naomi Ackie gives audiences a glimpse into the life of Whitney Houston in director Kasi Lemmons’ new biopic “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” and the new film is packed with a number of Houston’s hits.
Working with movement coach Polly Bennett and vocal coaches Tangela Large, Bridgette Jackson and Denise Woods, Ackie also underwent physical transformation with the help of numerous wigs and false teeth to cover the natural gap in her two front teeth.
Ackie doesn’t sing most songs in the film — she lip syncs to Houston’s perfect tracks instead — but she mimics Houston’s style of singing with great detail. She steps in for performances by Houston that were not recorded, such as “Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah” and “Jesus Loves Me” from her choir-singing days. Ackie also portrays a nervous Whitney who is thrust onstage by her mother, who knows Clive Davis is in attendance,...
Working with movement coach Polly Bennett and vocal coaches Tangela Large, Bridgette Jackson and Denise Woods, Ackie also underwent physical transformation with the help of numerous wigs and false teeth to cover the natural gap in her two front teeth.
Ackie doesn’t sing most songs in the film — she lip syncs to Houston’s perfect tracks instead — but she mimics Houston’s style of singing with great detail. She steps in for performances by Houston that were not recorded, such as “Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah” and “Jesus Loves Me” from her choir-singing days. Ackie also portrays a nervous Whitney who is thrust onstage by her mother, who knows Clive Davis is in attendance,...
- 12/28/2022
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Dua Lipa says that she’s “never heard” the disco tracks at the centre of a copyright infringement lawsuit alleging she copied her 2020 hit “Levitating”.
In March this year, songwriters L Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer accused the 27-year-old pop star of plagiarising their 1979 song “Wiggle and Giggle All Night” and another 1980 track “Don Diablo”, which Brown and Linzer now own after proving it infringed on “Wiggle”.
In a letter to a federal judge in New York, obtained by Billboard on Tuesday (30 August), Lipa’s lawyer have asked that the lawsuit be dismissed immediately, on the grounds that she’s “never heard” either of the songs that the plaintiffs allege she copied,
In the filing, Lipa’s attorney Chritine Lepera wrote: “The complaint alleges defendants purportedly had access to ‘Wiggle’ and ‘Don Diablo’ because they both ‘can be found on popular streaming services’.
“However, there are many millions of musical recordings available on streaming services,...
In March this year, songwriters L Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer accused the 27-year-old pop star of plagiarising their 1979 song “Wiggle and Giggle All Night” and another 1980 track “Don Diablo”, which Brown and Linzer now own after proving it infringed on “Wiggle”.
In a letter to a federal judge in New York, obtained by Billboard on Tuesday (30 August), Lipa’s lawyer have asked that the lawsuit be dismissed immediately, on the grounds that she’s “never heard” either of the songs that the plaintiffs allege she copied,
In the filing, Lipa’s attorney Chritine Lepera wrote: “The complaint alleges defendants purportedly had access to ‘Wiggle’ and ‘Don Diablo’ because they both ‘can be found on popular streaming services’.
“However, there are many millions of musical recordings available on streaming services,...
- 9/1/2022
- by Maanya Sachdeva
- The Independent - Music
Dua Lipa and her lawyers have fired their opening salvo in her “Levitating” legal battle, telling a federal judge in New York that the superstar singer had no access or exposure to the pair of disco tracks named in a copyright infringement lawsuit filed in March, so the case should be rejected.
The letter to U.S. District Judge Hon. Katherine Polk Failla, obtained by Rolling Stone, reveals Lipa’s defense ahead of a promised dismissal motion in the case centered on her 2020 smash hit that spent a record-breaking 77 weeks...
The letter to U.S. District Judge Hon. Katherine Polk Failla, obtained by Rolling Stone, reveals Lipa’s defense ahead of a promised dismissal motion in the case centered on her 2020 smash hit that spent a record-breaking 77 weeks...
- 8/31/2022
- by Nancy Dillon
- Rollingstone.com
Less than a week after Dua Lipa was hit with a copyright lawsuit over her “Levitating,” a second lawsuit from a different set of songwriters was filed Friday that also accuses Lipa of stealing their song for her 2020 single.
Lawyers for songwriters L. Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer claim in the lawsuit filed Friday at a Manhattan federal court that “Levitating” infringed on their 1979 disco song “Wiggle and Giggle All Night, originally performed by Cory Daye, as well as Miguel Bose’s 1980 song “Don Diablo.” (The latter track also infringed...
Lawyers for songwriters L. Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer claim in the lawsuit filed Friday at a Manhattan federal court that “Levitating” infringed on their 1979 disco song “Wiggle and Giggle All Night, originally performed by Cory Daye, as well as Miguel Bose’s 1980 song “Don Diablo.” (The latter track also infringed...
- 3/6/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
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