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Marshmello Defeats Arty’s Copyright Suit Over ‘Happier’ Variety 6 hrs ago
A judge has rejected a copyright lawsuit that claimed that Marshmello’s 2018 hit “Happier” infringed on an earlier song.
Arty, a Russian DJ whose legal name is Artem Stoliarov, filed suit in 2019, claiming that Marshmello’s song ripped off the synthesizer melody from his 2014 remix of the song “I Lived.”
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Arty was represented by Richard Busch, the attorney who represented the family of Marvin Gaye in the famous “Blurred Lines” case.
In a ruling on Thursday, U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez held that Arty had given up ownership of the remix composition in his contract, and therefore had no grounds to sue.