Pop-punk band Yellowcard has dropped their copyright infringement lawsuit against Juice WRLD.
Yellowcard filed the suit in October, two months prior to Juice’s WRLD’s death, claiming that Juice’s hit “Lucid Dreams” stole the melody to the band’s “Holly Wood Died.” One day after his death, a legal notice was filed by Yellowcard’s attorney Richard Busch that extended the deadline for a response to the lawsuit from December 9 until February 4, 2020, giving every indication that they would be moving forward.
“My clients are certainly torn about proceeding and understand the optics involved. But it is important to remember that this lawsuit was filed before this tragic event, and was filed because all of the defendants, profited off of what we believe was clear copying and infringement of Yellowcard’s work,” Busch told Rolling Stone at the time.
On Monday, the case was dropped. The New York Times reports that the band voluntarily withdrew its suit; however, the suit was dismissed “without prejudice” and can be refiled if the group chooses to pursue the case.
“My clients are very sympathetic not only of Juice WRLD’s death,” Busch said in a statement, according to the New York Times. “But also needed time to decide whether they really wanted to pursue the case against his grieving mother as the personal representative of his estate.”
Juice WRLD, real name Jarad Higgins, died of an accidental overdose in December. His posthumous release, Legends Never Die, is sitting atop the Billboard charts and has generated massive streaming numbers.
