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 Bon Jovi Sued for $400 Billion in Plagiarism Case

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Rockers Bon Jovi are being sued for a whopping $400 billion after an American musician filed a lawsuit accusing the band of plagiarism.

In court documents filed on Thursday, Massachusetts-based musician Samuel Bartley Steele alleges the group of copied lyrics from his 2004 song "(Man I Really) Love This Team" - used as the anthem for his hometown's baseball team, The Red Sox.

Steele alleges the group's frontman Jon Bon Jovi heard the song while campaigning for Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry in 2004, and used its lyrics to create his hit song "I Love This Town" - which was later used as a promotional track for Major League Baseball.

Steele calls the rocker's composition an "unauthorized derivative version" of his song in the federal suit.

In court documents reportedly obtained by the website, Steele adds, "As intent will be easy to prove, we are seeking the statutorily authorized amount of $100,000 per CD sold. Just under 4 million CDs have been sold to date. This totals almost $400 billion."
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We discussed this here long ago. It was stupid then, it's stupid now. This kid is a punk whiner. The songs sound NOTHING alike. I hope he dies for being a worthless crybaby.
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Good luck getting $400 billion ... they might throw a few thousand his way just to get him to f*** off and leave them alone though.

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I'm pretty sure JBJ doesn't have $400 Billion...LOL!
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Maybe he should have sued Bon Jovi for stealing his imaginary girlfriend.
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Has there been any word on this? Did it settle?
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Has anyone heard the songs in question? This lawsuit is an absolute joke.
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Typical Red Sox fan!!!

lol!
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Laughing very hard

guy needs to get a life
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how could he have that much money? its impossible
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world - funny! Everyone needs the easy way out! stupid lawsuit!
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too true
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