Katy Perry slapped with copyright infringement lawsuit
Singer Katy Perry has been sued for alleged copyright infringement.
Christian rapper Flame claims the Roar hitmaker damaged the message of his song Joyful Noise when she sampled it for her track Dark Horse without his permission.
The lawsuit reads, "By any measure, the devoutly religious message
of Joyful Noise has been irreparably tarnished by its association
with the witchcraft, paganism, black magic, and Illuminati imagery
evoked by the same music in Dark Horse.
"Indeed, the music video of Dark Horse generated widespread
accusations of blasphemy and an online petition signed by more than
60,000 demanding removal of an offensive religious image from the
video."
Flame, real name Marcus Gray, is seeking damages and wants Perry to
stop using the music immediately.