Katy Perry Prevails Over Infringement Allegations

There is no substantial similarity between Katy Perry’s hit songs and songs that a plaintiff claimed he distributed to college radio stations between 2008 and 2009, effectively defeating his infringement claims, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio ruled Nov. 12 (Lyles v. Capital-EMI Music Inc., 2013 BL 312769, S.D. Ohio, 2:12-cv-00751-GLF-EPD, 11/12/13).

The court said the plaintiff failed to demonstrate either that the allegedly infringing songs were similar to his own songs, or that the defendants had access to his works.

The claims were asserted by Ohio musician David Lyles against Capital-EMI Music Inc., ...