Katy Perry just lost a $2.8 million dollar court case against Christian rapper Flame. The case hinged on the testimony of the plaintiff’s expert musicologist Todd Decker.

Legal opinions on the case, and a link to the initial brief
https://blogs.law.gwu.edu/mcir/case/marcus-gray-et-al-v-katy-perry-et-al/

Things that sound like Dark Horse/Joyful Noise (but aren’t)
https://youtu.be/ux3u31SAeEM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3dIsrz3lMI

The Switched on Pop Tweet/thread that a lot of these examples came from
https://twitter.com/SwitchedOnPop/status/1156248427132383233

Musicologist testifies against Katy Perry
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2019/07/22/gray-v-perry-musicologist/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFwP6hKpiZQ

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