Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television judge. After singing in church during her childhood, she pursued a career in gospel music as a teenager.
Perry signed with Red Hill Records and released her debut studio album Katy Hudson under her birth name in 2001, which was commercially unsuccessful. She moved to Los Angeles the following year to venture into secular music after Red Hill ceased operations and she subsequently began working with producers Glen Ballard, Dr. Luke, and Max Martin.
After adopting the stage name Katy Perry and being dropped by The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records, she signed a recording contract with Capitol Records in April 2007.
Katy Perry Scores Reversal in ‘Dark Horse’ Copyright Case
etonline.comKaty Perry scored a big legal win on Tuesday when a judge overturned a copyright infringement verdict regarding her hit single «Dark Horse.»Last July, a jury found that an eight-note musical segment from the tune had been lifted from the lesser-known song “Joyful Noise" from Christian rapper Flame — whose real name is Marcus Gray.
In turn, they awarded Flame damages to the tune of $2.8 million.On Tuesday, California Federal Judge Christina A. Snyder ruled that the jury's ruling was not supported by the evidence in the case.«A relatively common 8-note combination of unprotected elements that happens to be played in a timbre common to a particular genre of music cannot be so original as to warrant copyright protection,» Snyder wrote in her
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