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Jason Derulo Must Face Jury Trial In ‘Savage Love’ Copyright Lawsuit, Judge Says

Jason Derulo will face a jury trial in a copyright lawsuit claiming he failed to credit a co-writer of his chart-topping song “Savage Love."

Producer Matthew Spatola sued the singer in 2023, claiming he had been unfairly cut out of the credits and royalties after he made important contributions to Derulo’s hit song, which spent a week atop the Hot 100 in 2020. But the judge said creative control was only one part of the legal analysis, and that jurors could potentially by swayed by other factors – like screenshots of an Instagram conversation in which Derulo used the “prayer hands emoji” after Spatola posted about his work on the song. Spatola, a producer and musician who says he’s worked with Drake, DJ Khaled, Juice WRLD and others, filed his lawsuit in 2023 — claiming he had played a key role in creating the song but hadn’t been properly compensated.

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