Jury: Katy Perry’s ‘Dark Horse’ copied Christian rap song

LOS ANGELES - A jury on Monday found that Katy Perry's 2013 hit "Dark Horse" improperly copied a 2009 Christian rap song, setting up arguments over how much the singer and other defendants will owe.     Monday's decision returned by a nine-member federal jury in a Los Angeles courtroom came five years after Marcus Gray and two co-authors first sued alleging "Dark Horse" stole from "Joyful Noise," a song Gray released under the stage name Flame.   The case now goes to a penalty phase, where the jury will decide how much the plaintiffs are owed for copyright infringement.   Gray's attorneys argued that the beat and instrumental line featured thr...

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