Lizzo (lizzo) is asking a California federal judge to dismiss 'opportunistic and legally bankrupt' copyright counterclaims in a dispute over her hit 'Truth Hurts'
"It would 'eviscerate' fundamental copyright law" if new works derived from co-authored works were automatically dubbed joint works, argues Lizzo's lawyer.
The Grammy winner fired first in October asking the court for a declaration that Justin Raisen, Jeremiah Raisen and Justin “Yves” Rothman have no ownership rights in the song, or the now-famous line "I just took a DNA test, turns out I’m 100 percent that bitch." The trioalleging Lizzo's hit was the result of a 2017 songwriting session for an unreleased demo called "Healthy" that never fully panned out, but key elements of which were used in her chart-topper.
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