Superstar duo Sam Smith and Normani won a copyright infringement lawsuit that claimed their multiplatinum hit “Dancing With a Stranger” stole from a 2015 song by the same name. A California federal ...

In 2015, Tom Petty was awarded a songwriting credit for Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me” due to its resemblance to “Don’t Back Down.” And now, Rolling Stone reports, Sam Smith is facing a copyright ...

A new lawsuit claims the "Stay With Me" singer and Fifth Harmony alum plagiarized Jordan Vincent's 2017 song "Dancing With Strangers." According to the music magazine, a complaint was filed Friday in ...

In 2023, a California federal judge dismissed the copyright infringement lawsuit that claimed their multiplatinum hit “Dancing With a Stranger” stole from a 2015 song by the same name The case will be ...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has been warning against the premature dismissal of idea theft lawsuits, emboldening creators to take to court. By Winston Cho A federal appeals court has revived ...

A copyright infringement lawsuit against Sam Smith and Normani over their hit “Dancing With a Stranger” has been revived by a federal appeals court. A federal appeals court has revived a copyright ...

Mike Newell was looking for an actor in her mid-twenties who could expose the interior life of a working-class woman who shot dead her upper-class lover. The filmmaker saw hundreds of women of the ...