We all love a Nickleback story.. !
Rock band Nickelback and its publisher Warner Chappell Music Inc. defeated a copyright lawsuit from a Texas singer who claimed that the band’s song “Rockstar” copied from his own song that came out four years earlier.
US District Judge Robert Pitman on Thursday adopted a recommendation from a magistrate judge who found that singer Kirk Johnston, of the band Snowblind Revival, failed to provide evidence showing that Nickelback had ever heard his song “Rock Star.”
Plaintiffs must generally show that the defendant accessed the copyrighted work to advance an infringement claim.
Johnston sued the members of Nickelback and the music …
