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Sam Smith, Normani Copyright Lawsuit Revived: Appeals Court Says Jury Should Decide

Sam Smith and Normani's dismissed 'Dancing With a Stranger' copyright lawsuit has been revived after appeals court says jury should decide ruling

The copyright infringement lawsuit claiming that Sam Smith and Normani ‘s 2018 hit single “Dancing With a Stranger” stole from a 2015 song of the same name has been revived by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In 2023, a California federal judge dismissed the case, stating that “most if not all of the Plaintiff’s claimed similarities” relied on musical building blocks that belong to the public domain and could not be protected by law. The case will be returned to Judge Wesley L. Hsu, who made the decision to dismiss the suit filed in 2022 by songwriters Jordan Vincent, Christopher Miranda, and Rosco Banlaoi under the name Sound and Color, LLC.

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