The group said it played 'Live Your Life' at concerts, distributed it through streaming services and sold several hundred copies of a CD with the song on it.

Sykes on Monday agreed with Lipa that Artikal Sound System's complaint failed to show that the defendants could have encountered its song before writing 'Levitating.' The complaint, filed in 2022, said it was 'highly unlikely' that 'Levitating' was made independently 'given the degree of similarity' between the two songs' melodies, harmonies and other elements. 'Levitating' spent 77 weeks on Billboard's Hot 100 U.S. Representatives for Lipa did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Russell Brown over alleged similarities between 'Levitating' and their disco songs 'Wiggle and Giggle All Night' and 'Don Diablo.'Īrtikal Sound System attorney Stewart Levy said on Tuesday that the decision was disappointing and the band is considering its next steps. She also rejected the band's request to move its case to New York to be heard with another infringement lawsuit by songwriters Sandy Linzer and L. Sykes gave the group an opportunity to file a new complaint. District Judge Sunshine Sykes said Artikal Sound System failed to argue that the writers of 'Levitating' ever had access to the group's 2017 song 'Live Your Life.' June 6 (Reuters) - British pop star Dua Lipa and music label Warner Records convinced a Los Angeles federal court on Monday to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a Florida reggae group that accused Lipa's hit 'Levitating' of copying one of its songs.

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