Superstar duo Sam Smith and Normani won a copyright infringement lawsuit that claimed their multiplatinum hit “Dancing With a Stranger” stole from a 2015 song by the same name. A California federal ...

On April 29, 2025, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals revived the copyright infringement case filed by Sound and Color, LLC against Sam Smith, Normani, and related parties (collectively, “Defendants”) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A federal appeals court has revived a copyright infringement lawsuit against Sam Smith and Normani that claimed their ...

Ninth Circuit reverses summary judgment in favor of pop singer Sam Smith in music copyright dispute, holding in unpublished opinion that hook in plaintiff’s song may be protectable as unique selection ...

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LOS ANGELES — A federal court in California granted summary judgment to English singer-songwriter Sam Smith over their song “Dancing With A Stranger,” whose melodic phrase allegedly infringed on ...