berussell

You know, I think Fogerty did lose his catalog, maybe he did have to pay the royalties. The part that stuck in my mind was later being accused of "sounding like yourself" lol. No big deal I really enjoy all the discussions. Now the Zep suit: what bothers me, is: did you ever notice this song playing on the radio over the years? Or hear it at a bar? 40 years later you sue?! Maybe you had trouble finding out the name of the "ripoff artists". sheesh

Fogherty lost that suit and had to pay royalties to the owner of his old catalog. He has since purchased his catalog back (mentioned it in more than a few interviews). The NYT article is that John won the plagiarism suit, but lost a suit to recover attorney's fees. So a big mess all the way around. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/01/arts/music/01foge.html?_r=0

I seem to recall John Fogerty being sued because his compositions sounded too much like himself? It went to trial, and John had to give a music lesson to the jury. That is the only jury trial that I wish I had been in the selection pool! - B