Bon Jovi Sued for Elventy Billion Dollars
Bon Jovi is being sued for plagiarism on his I Love this Town song.
Massachusetts musican, Samuel Bartley Steele, is alleging the Jersey pop star stole his lyrics from Steele's own song "(Man I Really) Love this Team," which is apparently used as an anthem for his hometown 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.
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."
At least Steele is being serious and fair about his monetary offer. He isn't going after the digital sales of the single or the album, just the actual CD's sold. And his monetary value seems reasonable.
But I wouldn't be so greedy, I would have accepted $1,000 per cd sold or Bon Jovi plays my wedding free of charge. Except Bon Jovi plays what I want him to play. So that means he will play Slayer's Reign in Blood album in it's entirety. Then he can plays Livin on a Prayer and follows that with Jackson Browne's Greatest Hits.
In closing: Fuck the Boston Red Sox.
Massachusetts musican, Samuel Bartley Steele, is alleging the Jersey pop star stole his lyrics from Steele's own song "(Man I Really) Love this Team," which is apparently used as an anthem for his hometown 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.
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."
At least Steele is being serious and fair about his monetary offer. He isn't going after the digital sales of the single or the album, just the actual CD's sold. And his monetary value seems reasonable.
But I wouldn't be so greedy, I would have accepted $1,000 per cd sold or Bon Jovi plays my wedding free of charge. Except Bon Jovi plays what I want him to play. So that means he will play Slayer's Reign in Blood album in it's entirety. Then he can plays Livin on a Prayer and follows that with Jackson Browne's Greatest Hits.
In closing: Fuck the Boston Red Sox.
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