South Korea’s Supreme Court rejected a 30 million won ($21,600) damage claim Thursday by an American composer who accused a South Korean kids content company of plagiarizing his version of “ Baby Shark,

South Korea's courts have rejected a plagiarism claim from a US composer who argued that Baby Shark, the catchy children's tune which became a global phenomenon, had copied his track.

A copyright battle over the viral song “Baby Shark,” adored by young children and often dreaded by their parents, has come to an end with a court clearing the Korean creators of the most popular version of plagiarism.

The Pinkfong Company, the creator of the viral children’s song “Baby Shark,” has won a yearslong copyright lawsuit filed by a U.S. composer who goes by the stage name Johnny Only, who claimed that his version was protected under copyright law.