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Sam Smith And Normans won a lawsuit claiming they stole their 2019 hit “Dancing with a Stranger” from a 2015 song. Now they want the people who accused them to pay.
Billboard The two singers reportedly want the songwriters who accused them to reimburse them for the money they spent on legal bills defending themselves—bills totaling more than $732,000.
Peter AndersonSam and Normani’s lawyer argued that they should not have to pay for the “frivolous and frivolous” lawsuit, writing: “Flawed copyright infringement claims, such as plaintiff’s here, burden the court, causing potentially harmful negative publicity for the recording.” artists… and others, and force them to pay unnecessary attorney fees.”
“An award of attorneys’ fees here will deter … others from filing and blindly pursuing such claims without any necessary factual and legal basis,” the lawyer added.
How Billboard reports, last month, US District Judge Wesley L. Xu ruled that the two songs were not similar and criticized the songwriter accusers Jordan Vincent, Christopher Miranda And Roscoe Banlaoi – to manipulate songs to make them look the same.
As for the big bill, Sam and Normani say they were “totally justified” in spending that amount, considering the songwriters were asking for all the profits from “Dancing with a Stranger,” which became a multi-platinum hit.
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