Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA judge has rejected a copyright lawsuit that claimed that Marshmello’s 2018 hit “Happier” infringed on an earlier song.Arty, a Russian DJ whose legal name is Artem Stoliarov, filed suit in 2019, claiming that Marshmello’s song ripped off the synthesizer melody from his 2014 remix of the song “I Lived.”Arty was represented by Richard Busch, the attorney who represented the family of Marvin Gaye in the famous “Blurred Lines” case.In a ruling on Thursday, U.S.
District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez held that Arty had given up ownership of the remix composition in his contract, and therefore had no grounds to sue.OneRepublic released the original version of “I Lived” through Interscope Records.
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