Hey Hey, You You, I Don't Like Your Lawsuit!

THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2008
Author: Francisco
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It appears that everyone's favorite little angry Canadian, Avril Lavigne, finally got that whole "totally ripping off someone else's song" thing cleared up.  According to RollingStone.com:

"Avril Lavigne has reached a confidential settlement in the lawsuit filed by Seventies group the Rubinoos, which alleged Lavigne plagarized last year’s “Girlfriend” from their 1979 song “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend.” Lavigne maintained she had never heard the track."

To be honest, I actually believe that Avril had never heard the Rubinoos song before.  However, I'm guessing the people that write all her songs for her probably had. 

What's that, you say, Avril writes all her own songs? 

Oh, right.  Hmmm.  Well, must just be another one of those crazy coincidences.  Like that time I wrote a song called "Escalator to Heaven" and then somebody told me it sounded just like some Led Zeppelin song.  Totally bogus, man.  My song was way cooler.

 

Avril Lavigne vs. The Rubinoos