District Judge Percy Anderson ruled for The Weeknd last year.Р”В¬lover and McCulloch appealed, reiterating their arguments, but U.S. They said parts of the songs were 'practically identical,' and that one of The Weeknd's producers had access to their composition through his label Universal Music, which once owned rights to it. The Weeknd's attorney Peter Anderson of Davis Wright Tremaine and Universal Music didn't immediately respond to a request for comment neither did the songwriters' attorney Thomas Orlando of Foran Glennon Palandech Ponzi & Rudloff.Р”В¬lover, McCulloch and Billy Smith sued The Weeknd, whose given name is Abel Tesfaye, in Los Angeles federal court in 2019. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote in an unsigned Friday opinion. (Reuters) - R&B superstar The Weeknd's song 'A Lonely Night' didn't rip off an unreleased song called 'I Need To Love,' a federal appeals court has ruled.Р”В«ritish songwriters Brian Clover and Scott McCulloch failed to show that The Weeknd or his songwriters had access to their song, or that 'A Lonely Night' was similar enough to it to support their copyright infringement claims, a three-judge panel for the 9th U.S. We welcome feedback, which you can provide using the feedback tab on the right of the page. We are improving this feature as we continue to test and develop in beta. The company and law firm names shown above are generated automatically based on the text of the article. Plaintiffs failed to address song's similarity to Blondie hit.9th Circ affirms not enough evidence to show actionable copying.

British songwriters had accused R&B star of copying their work.

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