Does Dua Lipa's "Levitating" infringe another song? Only if pop music began in 2017.

Artikal Sound System is suing Dua Lipa, claiming her song Levitating infringes the copyright of their song Live Your Life, which they claim was released three years earlier.

At first blush, it's an open-and-shut case. The two songs have the same beat, a nearly identical chord sequence, the same melody delivered vocally in the same distinctive rythym, and even a similar "all night" lyric. — Read the rest