The companies suing Justin Bieber and Dan + Shay are International Manufacturing Concepts, Melomega music and Sound Gems.

Justin Bieber, Dan + Shay copyright case

According to People, which has seen the legal documents, the current lawsuit claims that The First Time Baby Is A Holiday, was released in 2014, nearly five years before 10,000 Hours. It alleges that there are “unmistakable similarities” in the latter. The companies that have filed the lawsuit are now demanding credit on the track, along with money in damages, statutory damages, and attorney fees. The owners of The First Time Baby Is a Holiday are also seeking an injunction that would halt further distribution of the song.

Here are the two songs for comparison:

10,000 hours was released in October 2019 as the lead single off Dan + Shay’s 2021 studio album Good Things. 10,000 hours garnered a lot of success. It ranked No.4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and scored a Grammy for Best Country Duo/Group Performance.

Ed Sheeran and Katy Perry recently won separate copyright cases. While Ed Sheeran was sued for his 2017 hit single Shape of You, Katy Perry was sued for Dark Horse.

Sami Chokri, who sued Sheeran, had claimed that Shape of You had striking similarities to his song Oh Why.

After winning the case, Sheeran, in a statement, said:

Katy Perry’s lawsuit started in 2014 when she was sued by Marcus Gray for allegedly plagiarizing from his track Joyful Noise. She was ordered to pay $2.8 million but a judge later overturned the previous verdict from the jury.

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