Dua Lipa wins second copyright case over single Levitating

US judge dismisses claim by two disco songwriters, stating that finding in their favour would ‘completely foreclose’ evolution of song genreA US judge has dismissed a claim by two disco songwriters that Dua Lipa copied her single Levitating from two of their songs, stressing that to find in their favour would “completely foreclose” the evolution of the genre.In 2022, L Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer accused the singer of breach of copyright over their 1979 song Wiggle and Giggle All Night and their 1980 song Don Diablo on the single from her 2020 album Future Nostalgia. Continue reading...

Mar 28, 2025 - 13:50
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Dua Lipa wins second copyright case over single Levitating

US judge dismisses claim by two disco songwriters, stating that finding in their favour would ‘completely foreclose’ evolution of song genre

A US judge has dismissed a claim by two disco songwriters that Dua Lipa copied her single Levitating from two of their songs, stressing that to find in their favour would “completely foreclose” the evolution of the genre.

In 2022, L Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer accused the singer of breach of copyright over their 1979 song Wiggle and Giggle All Night and their 1980 song Don Diablo on the single from her 2020 album Future Nostalgia. Continue reading...