Bon Jovi Steals, No Way!

Bon Jovi, one of the biggest selling bands of all time are now being sued for copyright infringement for their song I Love This Town off the album Lost Highway. Songwriter Samuel Bartley Steele claims that his song (Man I Really) Love This Team http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/oct/14/job-bon-jovi-sued . The Boston native is certainly fired up according to the report from the Boston on Herald: "I know I'm the little fish and they're the big fish, but they fucked with the wrong piranha," he is suing for 4 billion dollars. The would be plaintiff says that Bon Jovi stole the lyrics and the chorus. He is also claiming that they were most likely heard when Bon Jovi was campaigning for John Kerry in 2004 outside Fenway Park where Mr. Steele band plays the song. The relevant facts to copyright infringement are found in the Fair Use doctrine, particularly with the substantial similarities and independent creation measures. These have to amount used as well as the effect on market. Also, the similarities in the works as well as Bon Jovi access to Steele's work. If he can prove that Bon Jovi stole the song by these standards, then he will be compensated monetarily not necessarily to the tune of 400 billion. The burden is on Mr. Steele to prove these claims.