Date 15/11/2016 - News People
A U.S. federal judge has recommended the dismissal of a $10 million lawsuit accusing Justin Bieber and Usher of illegally copying parts of their song "Somebody to Love" from two Virginia songwriters. In a Monday report, Judge Douglas Miller said Devin Copeland and his cousin Mareio Overton failed to demonstrate that Bieber and Usher were able to access their 2008 song before making their work in 2010. Bieber and Usher claimed their song was based on a 2009 version by songwriter Heather Bright and a production trio, The Stereotypes. The plaintiffs countered that music industry executives had made their song available to the singers sooner. However, the judge found a lack of evidence proving this.
