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May 5, 1982
Dolly Parton and two publishers file a lawsuit in a preemptive effort to prove her song "9 To 5" does not infringe on Benny Martin's "Me And My Fiddle"
Jun 23, 1982
Producers of "The Dukes Of Hazzard" file a $92-million countersuit against stars John Schneider and Tom Wopat, a month after they sued Warner Bros. for $25 million over a merchandising dispute
Mar 8, 1984
Three publishing companies file suit against The Oak Ridge Boys, charging that "Bobbie Sue" infringes on the copyright to "Yakety Yak"
Aug 14, 1985
Michael Jackson spends $47.5 million, outbidding Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono, for rights to 250 Beatles songs written by McCartney and John Lennon. They include the future country remakes "I Feel Fine" and "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party"
Dec 13, 1985
Dolly Parton, in the midst of a copyright trial over "9 To 5," tells reporters in Los Angeles she had offered a settlement to the plaintiffs, Neil and Jan Goldberg, to keep the suit out of the public eye. She maintains her song did not borrow parts from the Goldbergs' creation, "Money World"
Aug 5, 1986
Songwriter Harlan Howard files suit against Merle Haggard, claiming Hag borrowed parts of his 1960 song, "Don't Believe I'll Fall In Love Today," in writing "Let's Chase Each Other Around The Room Tonight"
Jun 5, 1989
Epic announces it will change the title of George Jones' "Ya Ba Da Ba Do (So Are You)" to "The King Is Gone (And So Are You)," to avoid a lawsuit from Hanna-Barbera Productions, which owns the rights to "The Flintstones"
Sep 25, 1991
Songwriter Harlan Howard files suit against Randy Travis and Alan Jackson, claiming their song "Better Class Of Losers" is a copy of his song with the same title
Apr 8, 1993
Danny Mote, of Winston, Georgia, files a copyright infringement suit against Billy Ray Cyrus, charging Cyrus' 1993 hit "She's Not Cryin' Anymore" is an altered version of his 1973 composition, "Crying Eyes"
Aug 2, 1994
Los Angeles songwriter Jamie James files a lawsuit against Dwight Yoakam and producer Pete Anderson, claiming "Fast As You" infringes on a 1979 composition, "My Mistake," that was recorded by The Kingbees
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