Over the past few years, Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars have had to field three lawsuits over their mega-hit “Uptown Funk,” filed by bands and artists claiming that the duo had infringed on their copyright. In April, one of those lawsuits—brought by the Minneapolis band Collage—was settled. Now, Ronson has settled another suit, this time filed by Lastrada Entertainment, the copyright holders of the 1980 song “More Bounce to the Ounce” by Zapp.
When the lawsuit was originally filed this past fall, Lastrada Entertainment was seeking damages, a jury trial, and a permanent injunction to keep Ronson from performing the song in concert. As of June 22, the case has been settled, according to court records viewed by Pitchfork. As with the Collage case, the terms of the settlement are unclear. Ronson is still facing a suit from the Sequence, who claim Ronson lifted elements from their song “Funk You Up.”
