Jul. 24, 2019
Producers testify they didn’t help Katy Perry plagiarize
A federal jury heard testimony Tuesday from three well-known music producers, describing their various creative processes in a case trying to determine whether pop star Katy Perry and her team stole aspects of her song “Dark Horse” from a preexisting song released by a Christian rapper.
LOS ANGELES -- A federal jury heard testimony Tuesday from three well-known music producers, describing their creative processes in a case trying to determine whether pop star Katy Perry and her team stole aspects of her song "Dark Horse" from a song released by a Christian rapper.
Lukasz Sebastian Gottwald, a music producer known popularly as Dr. Luke, testified that while some aspects of the creative process were a grind, he consi...
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