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The Rolling Stones Hit With Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

The Rolling Stones have been sued for copyright infringement over their 2020 single Living In A Ghost Town.

In court documents(opens in new tab) filed in Louisiana, songwriter Sergio Garcia Fernandez, who performs under the name Angelslang, claims that the Rolling Stones “misappropriated many of the recognisable and key protected elements” of two of own compositions – 2006’s So Sorry and the following year’s Seed of God – for Living In A Ghost Town.

In the lawsuit, filed against “Michael Phillip Jagger, Keith Richards, Universal Music Group, Inc., BMG Rights Management, LLC and Promopub B.V.Garcia,” Garcia claims to have given a demo CD of the songs to a member of Jagger’s family, and that Mick Jagger had received the disc.

Read the source article at loudersound.com

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