Katy Perry’s "Dark Horse" Copied Christian Rap Song凯莉·佩蒂的《Dark Horse》抄袭了一首基督教说唱歌曲A jury in Los Angeles found that Katy Perry"s popular song "Dark Horse" had copied a Christianrapsong by a little-known artist.洛杉矶的一个陪审团发现凯莉·佩蒂的一首很流行的歌曲《Dark Horse》抄袭了一首发行的由一个不太出名的艺术家写的基督教说唱歌曲。The decision came five years after Marcus Gray and two songwriters first brought legal action against Perry and her team. They said that "Dark Horse" stole from "Joyful Noise," a song Gray released under thestage nameFlame.在马库斯·格雷和两名歌曲的词曲作者首次向佩蒂和她的团队提起法律诉讼的五年之后做出了这个决裁。他们说《Dark Horse》抄袭了格雷以艺名Flame发行的单曲《Joyful Noise》。"Dark Horse" spent four weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 and earned a Grammy nomination for Perry. She also performed the song during her Super Bowl halftime show.《Dark Horse》位居公告牌百强单曲榜榜首四周的时间并为佩蒂赢得了格莱美奖提名。她也在她的超级碗中场秀中演唱了此歌曲。The jurors found that all of the defendants - six songwriters and four companies that released the song "Dark Horse" – were responsible for breakingcopyrightrules. A defendant is the person or company that is being accused of wrongdoing in court.这些陪审团成员发现包括六名歌曲词曲作者和发行《Dark Horse》的四家公司在内的所有被告都对违背版权法赋有责任。被告是指在法庭上被指控犯有不法行为的人或公司。Gray"s lawyers argued that the beat and instrumental line, or musicalpatterns, in "Dark Horse" were similar to that of "Joyful Noise." Gray wrote the song with Emanuel Lambert and Chike Ojukwu.格雷的律师辩论道《Dark Horse》中的节拍和用乐器演奏的类型或者曲风与《Joyful Noise》的很相似。格雷和伊曼纽尔·朗伯以及奇克·奥朱克武共同创作了这只单曲。Perry"s musical expert told the jury that the musical patterns in the dispute were as simple as the 19th-century song "Mary Had a Little Lamb." The song is commonly sung to get children to sleep.佩蒂的音乐专家告诉陪审团曲风上的纠纷与19世界歌曲《Mary Had a Little Lamb》一样简单。这首歌被广泛传送用来哄孩子们入睡。Her lawyers compared the patterns to "the alphabet of music that should be available to everyone." They argued if they were to be copyrighted, it would hurt music and all songwriters.她的律师将类型比作每个人都可使用的字母表音乐。他们辩论道如果他们有抄袭行为，那么它将损害了所有音乐和所有歌词作曲家的利益。The jury of six women and three men disagreed. They thought that the beat and instrument line at the center of "Joyful Noise" were original enough to be copyrighted.陪审团的六位妇女和三位男士对此表示异议。他们认为《Joyful Noise》中间的节拍和用乐器演奏的类型是具有原创特色的并且会被抄袭。Perry and her team of songwriters also said that none of them had heard Gray"s song or even heard of him before thelawsuit. They also said they did not listen to Christian music.佩蒂和她的歌曲作曲家团队也表示他们中没有人曾经听过格雷的歌曲或者甚至在他起诉之前都没有听说过这个人，他们也表示他们没有听过基督教音乐。However, Gray"s lawyers showed that Perry and her songwriters could have heard the song. "Joyful Noise" has millions of plays on YouTube and Spotify and was included on an album that wasnominatedfor a Grammy award. Gray"s team also pointed out that Perry started her career singing Christian music.然而，格雷的律师表示佩蒂和她的歌曲作曲家可能听过那首歌。《Joyful Noise》在YouTube和Spotify已经被播放了数百万次并且被收入到了被格莱美奖提名的一张音乐专辑中。格雷的团队也指出佩蒂靠演唱基督教音乐开始她的音乐生涯。The jury will now have to decide how much money Katy Perry and other defendants owe Marcus Gray and his team for violating copyright rules.现在陪审团将必须决定出凯莉·佩蒂和其他被告因违反了版权规则需要赔偿马库斯·格雷和他的团队多少钱。I"m John Russell.约翰·拉塞尔为您报道。咨询微信
