Shakira's Illegally Copied Song Puts Sony on Hook for Damages — billboard.com

On Tuesday, after conducting a bench trial, a New York federal judge concluded that a subsidiary of Sony Music was liable for copyright infringement for Colombian superstar Shakira's "Loca" from her 2010 album, Sale el Sol. Shakira & More: Music's Latest ALS Ice Bucket Challenges The song has been traced to a Dominican Republic songwriter named Ramon "Arias" Vasquez, who in the mid-1990s composed "Loca con su Tiguera," inspired by her sister's relationship with a street tough boyfriend. Rights to the song were transferred to Mayimba Music, the plaintiff in the lawsuit.

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