{"id":39523,"date":"2022-05-06T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iposgoode.ca\/?p=39523"},"modified":"2022-05-06T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T16:00:00","slug":"no-longer-levitating-dua-lipas-song-bogged-down-by-two-lawsuits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/iposgoode\/2022\/05\/06\/no-longer-levitating-dua-lipas-song-bogged-down-by-two-lawsuits\/","title":{"rendered":"No Longer \u201cLevitating\u201d: Dua Lipa\u2019s Song Bogged Down by Two Lawsuits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"attachment_39524\" style=\"width: 1416px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39524\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iposgoode.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Meena-Dua-Lipa.jpg\" alt=\"Meena Dua Lipa\" width=\"1406\" height=\"938\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-39524\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Smorazanm (<a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/microphone-study-radio-live-radio-1562354\/\">Pixabay<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37282 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iposgoode.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Meena.png\" alt=\"Meena Alnajar\" width=\"76\" height=\"98\" \/>Meena Alnajar is an IPilogue Writer, IP Innovation Clinic Fellow, and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dua Lipa\u2019s 2020 pop hit \u201cLevitating\u201d is facing copyright infringement lawsuits as of March 2022. Two separate song-writing teams, those for <a href=\"https:\/\/fingfx.thomsonreuters.com\/gfx\/legaldocs\/mopanddebva\/IP%20DUALIPA%20COPYRIGHT%20complaint1.pdf\">Artikal Sound System<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fingfx.thomsonreuters.com\/gfx\/legaldocs\/jnpwebbmdpw\/IP%20DUALIPA%20COPYRIGHT%20complaint2.pdf\">Cory Daye<\/a>, claim the song ripped off their own and filed complaints with their state federal courts. Copyright infringement proceedings are the best course of action for instances of song stealing, but are often expensive and difficult to win, as a complainant must demonstrate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/pop-culture\/music\/dua-lipa-faces-two-lawsuits-song-levitating-legal-experts-say-copyrigh-rcna18800\">more<\/a> than \u2018alike sounds\u2019 or \u2018similar vibes\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Claimants have the best chance of success if they can prove direct copying of their work, but considering the different lyrics and disparate sounds, these artists are unlikely to plead direct copying. Copyright infringement of a musical work in the United States typically <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.sonicbids.com\/ask-a-music-lawyer-how-do-you-prove-that-someone-stole-your-song\">requires<\/a> finding two elements, access to the work and substantial similarity. For \u201cLevitating,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/pop-culture\/music\/dua-lipa-faces-two-lawsuits-song-levitating-legal-experts-say-copyrigh-rcna18800\">first<\/a> complainant filed at the end of February 2022 in a Los Angeles federal court. Members of the reggae <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/pop-culture\/music\/dua-lipa-faces-two-lawsuits-song-levitating-legal-experts-say-copyrigh-rcna18800\">band<\/a> Artikal Sound System allege that the song is substantially similar to its 2017 song \u201cLive Your Life\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/pop-culture\/music\/dua-lipa-faces-two-lawsuits-song-levitating-legal-experts-say-copyrigh-rcna18800\">second<\/a> complaint, filed on March 4, 2022 in New York federal court is by songwriters L. Russel Brown and Sandy Linzer accusing copying of their 1979 disco <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/pop-culture\/music\/dua-lipa-faces-two-lawsuits-song-levitating-legal-experts-say-copyrigh-rcna18800\">track<\/a> \u201cWiggle and Giggle All Night\u201d. These complainants have succeeded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/pop-culture\/music\/dua-lipa-faces-two-lawsuits-song-levitating-legal-experts-say-copyrigh-rcna18800\">before<\/a> in copyright infringement claims, now holding the copyright to Miguel Bos\u00e9\u2019s 1980 song \u201cDon Diablo\u201d that was found to infringe on the 1979 track.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Access<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Musical <a href=\"https:\/\/h2o.law.harvard.edu\/cases\/1483\">cases<\/a> such as <em>Bright Tunes Music Corp v Harrisongs Music Ltd<\/em> hold that access can be subconscious. The defendant may not have accessed the song personally through a search or download and still be liable. If the song is widely disseminated due to its popularity, then access may be found and the defendant may be liable for unconsciously plagiarizing.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/pop-culture\/music\/dua-lipa-faces-two-lawsuits-song-levitating-legal-experts-say-copyrigh-rcna18800\">first<\/a> complainant\u2019s song was not available on large platforms such as iTunes and has very limited number of plays on YouTube. Given its limited availability at the time, they may have difficulty proving their work was accessed by Dua Lipa\u2019s team. The second complainant\u2019s song has been accessible to the public for decades, so it may be more successful on the accessibility element for an infringement lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Substantial Similarity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the United States, if the song was not easily accessible, then the burden of proof for substantial similarity will likely be <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.sonicbids.com\/ask-a-music-lawyer-how-do-you-prove-that-someone-stole-your-song\">higher<\/a>. Substantial similarity asks whether the average listener would think the songs are similar enough when listening to them <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.sonicbids.com\/ask-a-music-lawyer-how-do-you-prove-that-someone-stole-your-song\">both<\/a>. This analysis requires looking at the song\u2019s composition and, possibly, expert testimony. Courts may analyze elements like melody and chord progression. For instance, the second complainant stated that Levitating uses the complainant\u2019s \u201csignature\u201d melody <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/pop-culture\/music\/dua-lipa-faces-two-lawsuits-song-levitating-legal-experts-say-copyrigh-rcna18800\">six<\/a> times throughout the song. It is also important to distinguish between the similarity of the songs and their similarity in the industry. A certain theme, like the resurging \u2018disco-era\u2019 Dua Lipa was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/pop-culture\/music\/dua-lipa-faces-two-lawsuits-song-levitating-legal-experts-say-copyrigh-rcna18800\">inspired<\/a> by, is persisting in the music industry so that songs may sound similar but not to a substantial degree that constitutes copying.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next Steps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although Dua Lipa\u2019s team has yet to provide comment, she must still give her own defence in response to these lawsuits. The easier defence would be to show the songs are not substantially similar through her own expert analysis of each song\u2019s composition. The team likely would not succeed in advancing a public domain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copyright.gov\/help\/faq\/faq-definitions.html\">defence<\/a>, which states that the copyright protection for a work has expired or it failed to meet the protection for copyright protection. Neither complainants\u2019 work has technically <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copyright.gov\/help\/faq\/faq-duration.html\">expired<\/a>, as artists receive protection for the life of the artist plus seventy years. They may try to argue that the song borrows elements of the prior works that are not under copyright, which did not require creative input. Either way, Dua Lipa\u2019s \u201cLevitating\u201d may be brought down to Earth by these lawsuits\u2019 gravity and possible damages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2140,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,65,69,60,1017,112],"tags":[27,4469,4470,34,3504,4471],"class_list":["post-39523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs","category-copyright","category-infringement-copyright-ip","category-ip","category-law-music-course-topic","category-music-industry","tag-copyright","tag-dua-lipa","tag-levitating","tag-meena-alnajar","tag-music-2","tag-song"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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