Dua Lipa wins dismissal of copyright infringement lawsuit against 'Levitating'

A federal court in Los Angeles dropped a copyright infringement lawsuit against British singer Dua Lipa, songwriters Clarence Coffee Jr., Sarah Hudson, Stephen Kozmeniuk, and Warner Records. The copyright case involved Lipa’s hit song 'Levitating'.

The lawsuit alleged that the song had copied elements from a 2017 song called ‘Live Your Life’ by the Florida reggae group Artikal Sound System. The U.S. District Judge Sunshine Sykes stated that Artikal Sound System failed to provide sufficient evidence that the writers of ‘Levitating’ had access to their song.

The court deemed Artikal Sound System's allegations regarding the frequency and location of their performances, as well as the number of CD sales, as vague and insufficient.
Artikal Sound System now has the option to file a new amended complaint by June 16. In their 2022 court documents, the group had initially sought profits from ‘Levitating’ along with damages.

Dua Lipa still faces another copyright infringement lawsuit related to ‘Levitating.’ Songwriters L. Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer have claimed that she copied their songs ‘Wiggle and Giggle All Night from 1979 and ‘Don Diablo’ from 1980, which they acquired the copyright for after filing a similar claim.

Dua Lipa’s ‘Levitating’ reached the top spot at Billboard's 2021 year-end Hot 100 Songs chart.

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