Dua Lipa Hit With Another Copyright Lawsuit Over ‘Levitating’

[Joaco95 1,631]

In a complaint filed Friday (March 4) in Manhattan federal court, songwriters L. Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer accused Lipa of copying their 1979 song “Wiggle and Giggle All Night” and 1980 song “Don Diablo.” They said the opening melody to “Levitating” was a “duplicate” of the melody to their songs.
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In the newer lawsuit, Brown and Linzer pointed to press interviews in which they said Lipa had “admitted that she deliberately emulated prior eras” and “took inspiration” from earlier music to create a “retro” sound.

“In seeking nostalgic inspiration, defendants copied plaintiffs’ creation without attribution,” the pair of accusers wrote in their lawsuit. The case also named as defendants Warner Music Group, DaBaby, and others involved in the song.
 

https://www.billboard.com/business/legal/dua-lipa-copyright-lawsuit-levitating-brown-linzer-1235040111/
 

[papergangster 2,744]

Coming after her coins 

[Teletubby 145,435]

 

 

[Dojo 19,365]

all this jackals want a piece of the female michael jackson's legacy but they will end up poorer both financially and mentally that they are now. 

[CyanDante 6,035]

Wait I thought Need you tonight was officially sampled for Break My Heart. 

[AVeryGagaHolyDick 24,351]

The song that keeps on giving. Shallow who? 

[River 113,887]

I'm not so sure about the Don Diablo tbh, many Latin pop from the 80s-90s has this melody

[Chlorine 47,976]

In her Olivia Rodrigo era 

[Future Nostalgia 92]

7 minutes ago, CyanDante said:

Wait I thought Need you tonight was officially sampled for Break My Heart. 

yes it is they have songwriting credits

[Joaco95 1,631]

16 minutes ago, River said:

I'm not so sure about the Don Diablo tbh, many Latin pop from the 80s-90s has this melody

Don Diablo its just the spanish version of WAGAN

[Anderson123 37,826]

1 hour ago, Frank Potion said:

In her Olivia Rodrigo era 

Lmao I came here to say this.  Levitating has been a massive hit, no wonder these people are suddenly coming up with lawsuits to get some of those coins. But to be fair, the song DOES sound like it stole from several others so there's a case. This could've gone like Elvis Costello with Olivia Rodrigo's Brutal because he knows music is just inspiration from past songs but the more you listen to it the more you find similar things in them.

[Bling 31,289]

17 minutes ago, Anderson123 said:

This could've gone like Elvis Costello with Olivia Rodrigo's Brutal because he knows music is just inspiration from past songs but the more you listen to it the more you find similar things in them.

This. Leave Dua alone!!!!!

[Ladle Ghoulash 20,761]

Okay, but full tea: the Levitating lawsuit is clear bs. The only articles about the song she allegedly ripped off are about the allegations (even tho the song supposedly went #2 on the reggae charts). Not to mention it's not on any streaming platforms except for YouTube, where it was uploaded the same day the allegations went public. The only thing that potentially corroborates the allegations are that the SoundCloud track says it's from 2017, but from what I understand, the original publication date can be altered on there (and there were so few listens that it's insanely unlikely that Dua or her producers ever heard this song). They just wanted a slice of the coin and I'm honestly not convinced they didn't fabricate the whole thing. 

[Chlorine 47,976]

2 minutes ago, deactivated001 said:

Okay, but full tea: the Levitating lawsuit is clear bs. The only articles about the song she allegedly ripped off are about the allegations (even tho the song supposedly went #2 on the reggae charts). Not to mention it's not on any streaming platforms except for YouTube, where it was uploaded the same day the allegations went public. The only thing that potentially corroborates the allegations are that the SoundCloud track says it's from 2017, but from what I understand, the original publication date can be altered on there (and there were so few listens that it's insanely unlikely that Dua or her producers ever heard this song). They just wanted a slice of the coin and I'm honestly not convinced they didn't fabricate the whole thing. 

Yeah something is fishy because I was looking for it on Spotify and couldn't find it. And I was reading that with regards to soundcloud, you can update the audio of any track you had previously uploaded, keeping the upload date and comments etc. 

I guess we should have known better than to trust a white reggae band. 

[Ladle Ghoulash 20,761]

Just now, Frank Potion said:

Yeah something is fishy because I was looking for it on Spotify and couldn't find it. And I was reading that with regards to soundcloud, you can update the audio of any track you had previously uploaded. 

I guess we should have known better than to trust a white reggae band. 

White reggae bands are never to be trusted.