Dua Lipa has quickly received a copyright infringement lawsuit filed towards her for her 2020 hit observe ‘Levitating’.
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Filed in March final yr by Florida reggae band Artikal Sound System, the lawsuit alleged that Lipa’s ‘Levitating’ copied the hook of their 2017 observe ‘Reside Your Life’. Whereas their preliminary submitting didn’t embrace express proof as to how Lipa copied ‘Reside Your Life’, the band alleged that she had “entry” to the observe.
Now, per a Billboard report, US District Choose Sunshine Sykes has quickly dismissed the case in favour of Dua Lipa, saying that Artikal Sound System have been unable to substantiate their accusations.
Of their lawsuit, the reggae band supplied up one principle that claims certainly one of Dua Lipa’s co-writers had up to now labored with somebody who was reportedly taught the guitar by a brother-in-law of one of many band’s members.
“These attenuated hyperlinks, which bear little connection to both of the 2 musical compositions at situation right here, additionally don’t recommend an inexpensive probability that defendants truly encountered plaintiffs’ tune,” Choose Sykes wrote, per Billboard.
Nonetheless, the case isn’t fully closed, as Choose Sykes has dominated that Artikal Sound System have till June 16 to refile their criticism if they can present substantial proof to again up their accusations.
NME has reached to the respective administration for each Dua Lipa and Artikal Sound System for remark.
Earlier this month, Dua Lipa criticised the British authorities’s “small-minded and shortsighted” angle to migrants. In October, the house secretary Suella Braverman singled out “Albanian criminals” and claimed England was dealing with an “invasion” of migrants crossing the Channel by small boats.
“All these phrases thrown round about immigrants? I all the time felt London was an amalgamation of cultures. It’s integral to the town,” Lipa mentioned. “So while you hear the federal government speak about Albanians, for instance, it hurts. It’s shortsighted and small-minded, but it surely’s the way in which lots of people assume.”
“Immigrants who’ve come right here have earned their maintain by working extremely arduous,” she added. “There must be extra empathy, as a result of individuals don’t depart their nation except they must out of necessity, out of worry for his or her household.”
Final month, Dua Lipa shared a brand new observe ‘Dance The Evening’, the lead single from the upcoming Barbie film soundtrack. In addition to offering the lead single, Dua Lipa additionally has a cameo look within the movie — enjoying a mermaid variation of Barbie.
