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Jul. 31, 2019

In damages hearing, Capitol Records claims little profit on Katy Perry hit

While attorneys for Capitol Records Inc. said Tuesday they made only about $630,000 in profits from Katy Perry's 2013 hit "Dark Horse," opposing counsel claimed the record label was selling itself far too short.

While attorneys for Capitol Records Inc. said Tuesday they made only about $630,000 in profits from Katy Perry's 2013 hit "Dark Horse," opposing counsel claimed the record label was selling itself far too short.

Following a jury finding Monday that Perry's hit lifted elements of a song by Missouri-based Christian rapper FLAME, who sued Perry for infringement in 2015 under his real name Marcus Grey, the bifurcated federal trial shi...

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