Satriani claimed that the band plagiarized his song and I believed it, as well, due to the similarities in both. The case was dismissed yesterday in a California Court.

NME reports, “Now, according to News.justia.com, the case was dismissed yesterday (September 14) in California Central District Court “upon stipulation”, suggesting that an out-of-court settlement may have been reached.”

That’s the end of that.

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Check out the song, below, for a refresher:

The song was released in 1982, on their album, “Business As Usual”.

A music publisher, Larrikin Music, claims that the band stole the flute melody from a popular children’s song called, “Kookaburra Sits In The Old Gum Tree”. The children’s song was written by Marion Sinclair for the Girl Guides in 1934.

The band claims that they bought the copyright to the song in 1990. An Australian judge ruled that the publisher still owns the song.

Larrikin Music is suing Sony BMG and EMI for breach of copyright and is seeking royalties from the hit 80s song. The publisher began the action after the alleged similarities were pointed out in a music quiz show shown in Australia in 2007.

We’ll see what happens with this next.

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It was recently reported that John Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono was suing Lennon Murphy for using the name, “Lennon” as her band name.

Sources say that Yoko “Nono” is hitting out at these “hurtful” reports, insisting that she hasn’t taken any legal action against Murphy. The suit was alleging that Murphy registered “Lennon” as a trademark and was tarnishing her late husband’s name.

Yoko says that she simply tried to stop her from getting the exclusive rights to use the name Lennon for performance purposes by notifying the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Ono says, “I am really hurt if people thought that I told a young artist to not use her own name in her performances and had sought to sue her. I did no such thing. I hope this allegation will be cleared.”

Way to stay relevant, Yoko!

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Manson has upped the ante now by countersuing Bier. He is stating in the new lawsuit that his business partnership with Bier was dissolved in the mid ’90s because Bier didn’t carry out agreed obligations.

Will the lawsuit tag ever end???

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