Attorney: Only around 4M USD were made as profit off Dark Horse's 41M

[AMENiCURE 9,381]

https://apnews.com/8acf2d4dadcf494aae97a6a02e51f6fc?

Attorneys for the creators of a Christian rap song that a jury says was improperly copied in Katy Perry’s song “Dark Horse” say the pop superstar’s 2013 hit earned roughly $41 million. The figure will be a key point of contention during the damages phase of a copyright infringement trial that began Tuesday in downtown Los Angeles.

An agreement entered in court Tuesday states that Perry earned $3.2 million from “Dark Horse,” while incurring $800,000 in costs.

The bulk of the penalty phase will focus on Capitol Records, whose attorneys say the label earned $31 million from the song but after costs its profits were a mere $630,000.

[AMENiCURE 9,381]

this magical accounting 

they're trying best to give that rapper the least

[Guest]

omg only 4M?? 😂

imagine being that poor 😂😂

four million us dollars omg 😂 I have to laugh 😂

[Runway 27,876]

abel earned $31 million from the song but after costs its profits were a mere $630,000.

 

not them exposing the payola

[AMENiCURE 9,381]

either it was HEAVY payola or they're bluffing so they dont have to give the rapper much money

[weed 74,381]

what are those $30 MILLION costs??? I'd luv to know

[Biggest Fan 988]

How can a label do that much money

a d the artist stays poor ?

is it because they help the artist and it’s under contract ?

[Ally Campana 15,284]

WTF?

[AMENiCURE 9,381]

Just now, neptugne said:

what are those $30 MILLION costs??? I'd luv to know

i assume they're going to mix in the costs of running the company with the revenue of dark horse, it's an obvious bluff so they dont lose big in the case

[ImTired 3,955]

I'm sure this will be appealed though. Companies don't just cough up big bucks like that. 

[AMENiCURE 9,381]

whatever money goes, i hope this rapper doesnt spend it on those churches that aid anti lgbt movements

[S0436 10,215]

Half goes to Uncle Sam too...

[ElectricKing 9,405]

3 minutes ago, AMENiCURE said:

whatever money goes, i hope this rapper doesnt spend it on those churches that aid anti lgbt movements

i kept thinking you were on about juicy j when you said 'they want to give the rapper the least amount' looool

[Miel 15,009]

They're gonna give the plaintiff like three dollars oh my god

[ChromeAngel 3,230]

It’s a terrible song, obviously payola is responsible for the popularity. Kathryn  just got exposed