http://1037theloon.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:26:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://1037theloon.com/elton-john-sued-for-stealing-lyrics-to-nikita/ http://1037theloon.com/elton-john-sued-for-stealing-lyrics-to-nikita/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:00:12 +0000 Dave Lifton http://ultimateclassicrock.com/?p=60783 Elton John and his longtime lyricist Bernie Taupin are being sued for copyright infringement over John’s 1985 hit ‘Nikita.’ TMZ is reporting that papers filed in a federal court in Illinois state that Guy Hobbs claims that lyrics are very similar to his own composition ‘Natasha,’ which he wrote in 1982.

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