Sam Smith & Normani must face trial in ‘Dancing With a Stranger’ lawsuit

[Teletubby 164,825]

A judge says Sam Smith and Normani must face a jury trial over accusations that they stole key elements of their 2019 hit “Dancing With a Stranger” from an earlier track.

In a ruling Wednesday (Sept. 23), Judge Wesley L. Hsu refused to dismiss the long-running copyright case, which claims that the hit song ripped off a 2015 track of the same name by an artist named Jordan Vincent.

Smith and Normani say they never even heard the earlier song and that their track simply sounds similar by coincidence — a legal defense known as “independent creation.” But the judge said that it would require a full trial to decide that tricky copyright question.

“The court finds the question of independent creation should be left for the jury to decide,” Judge Hsu says in the ruling.

[ANVEEROY 66,926]

Poor, Miss No"money". 

[Bronco 28,978]

Good

They must answer for their crimes

Send em to the khia chair

[River 129,666]

And just like that, everyone is getting what they deserve.

Soon Taylor.. soon

[Hydrangea 8,421]

29 minutes ago, Bronco said:

Good

They must answer for their crimes

Send em to the khia chair

This is the asylum dear we just do the khiabotomy 

[Bronco 28,978]

Just now, Hydrangea said:

This is the asylum dear we just do the khiabotomy 

Well one of em is definitely a botom..y

[Jackaroo 3,005]

They MUST is sending me 

[timdrake 3,046]

they'll be sentenced to 400 hours of sampling rights education lead by Professor Ava Max

[EART HL I NG 1,662]

How could they do such a thing??? The Gulag is too good for them!!!!

Edited September 23 by EART HL I NG

[Wolf Boy 3,653]

Finally Normani is getting promo!

[Pablo 8,734]

It doesn't sound the same at all, wonder what this is costing Jordan Vincent?

[Decodekid 31,158]

Praying for them 

[onTheBrink 1,950]

2 hours ago, River said:

And just like that, everyone is getting what they deserve.

Soon Taylor.. soon

The lyrics once she’s released from prison:

you were the judge

i was the gavel

[Lord Mayhem 3,742]

Is this part of Normani's comeback strategy? 

[27monster27 16,285]

Okay but in all seriousness why does it have to be over such a bop.