CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the US Ninth Circuit appeals court judges’ skeptical approach to an attempt to have the song-theft case over Katy Perry’s ‘Dark Horse’ reinstated and other song-theft lawsuits currently working their way through the courts, plus Spotify’s successful bid to block a trademark application for legal marijuana selling platform, Potify.

SECTION TIMES
01: Katy Perry (00:06:00)
02: Spotify (00:23:56)
(Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)

STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• Dark Horse litigation back in court, but judges cautious of over-extending copyright
• Taylor Swift has one last go at getting the Shake It Off song-theft lawsuit dismissed
• Chris Brown and Drake hit back over No Guidance song-theft claim
• Spotify successfully blocks Potify trademark application

ALSO MENTIONED
• Over 250 scientists and medics hit out at Spotify over Joe Rogan podcast
• Chris Brown & Drake – No Guidance (YouTube)
• Mr Cooper – I Love Your Dress (YouTube)
• Burger King – You Got It Your Way advert 1992 (YouTube)
• Roy Orbison – You Got It (YouTube)
• Jack Dee Burger King routine (YouTube)

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