Bon Jovi Sued For $400 Billion
I almost didn't write about this story until I saw the amount of money Jon Bon Jovi was being sued for. How can I pass up a lawsuit for $400 Billion dollars?
I mean $400 BILLION dollars? A Massachusetts-based musician Samuel Bartley Steele is suing Bon Jovi for allegedly stealing his lyrics from (Man I Really) Love This Team and rewriting them to create I Love This Town.
Steele alleges the group’s frontman Jon Bon Jovi heard the song while campaigning for U.S. 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.
He wants $100,000 for every cd sold. Since there were 4,000,000 that were distributed - he felt it was the right number to pitch to a judge. Good luck Samuel... good luck.
"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."
While plagiarism should be fined, the amount is just absurd and makes the case laughable. If he would have requested a reasonable amount, this court case might have been taken more seriously. Either way, let's see what the judge awards if anything.
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Funny, it's always by someone no one has ever heard. I doubt after 20 years in the music industry, Bon Jovi is NOW going to start "stealing" lyrics.
it's exactly the people you've never heard of that are the most vulernable to these kinds of scams. of course Bon Jovi would steal song ideas from an unknown, he's less likely to be caught that way. why would you steal music from justin timberlake? every 7th grader in the world would be on to you. Anyway, I would be shocked if this is the first time Bon Jovi has 'borrowed' ideas from another musician, he's not that talented.
What I don't get - why do these people who think their copyright was infringed wait such a long time to come forward? If I were a judge I'd consider that into my fact finding.
I know! It's been FOUR YEARS!!! Why wait so long?
it is such an incredibly annoying song, i dont understand why anyone would want to fight for ownership of it? it should be a disgrace as an artist.
good luck buddy good luck.
If his song was stolen, I hope justice prevails. But the 400 BILLION dollar amount is a bit puzzling to me.
Good Luck with that one. Would any judge take that amount seriously?
I can't stand BonJovi. I hope he loses everything.
wow if Bon Jovi has that kind of money he should have help us with AIG bailout :)
jon must be laughing is butt of right now !!! this is ridicilous
400 BILLION?????????? i think this dude needs to get a ****ing grip!!! hes gonna be laughed out of court !! ( thats if any judge in their right state of mind wud take it seriously !! ) why wud jon bon jovi need to steal sumone elses song??? hes been the best for nigh on 20 years!!!! Jon must be laughing his ass off!
This is going to be laughed out of court. IF Bon Jovi did steal the lyrics, then yeah sue him, bit for 400 BILLION? I don't think so.
I didn't know Vera was also a lawyer..wow
Oh my goodness. At first I read the headline as $400 Million, then as I was reading the article it struck me that it was $400 BILLION. Perfectly stated that this is laughable. People file lawsuits for any reason these days. No way is this guy going to get close to a billion...I'm sure he'll be laughed straight out of court.
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