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    • Mar 15, 2006
    Billboard reports Zac Brown has decided not to license "Chicken Fried" to The Lost Trailers, requiring BNA to pull the single. Two years later, The Zac Brown Band nets its first hit with the song while The Trailers are enjoying their first hit, "Holler Back"
    Nov 2, 2006
    Michael McCloud, of Big Coppitt, Florida, files a copyright infringement suit against Toby Keith, claiming that "I Love This Bar" represents theft of his song "Tourist Town Bar," which Keith allegedly heard him play on several occasions
    Mar 8, 2007
    Texan James Martinez files a copyright suit in Corpus Christi against Tim McGraw, producers Byron Gallimore and James Stroud, and songwriters Craig Wiseman and Mike Reid, claiming "Everywhere" poached his song "Anytime, Anywhere Amanda"
    Jul 18, 2008
    Paul Simon sues a Japanese clock maker and its U.S. subsidiary for $1 million for selling timepieces that use his song "Bridge Over Troubled Water" without permission. The title was a Buck Owens country hit in 1971
    Jul 30, 2008
    Attorneys for The Black Crowes announce they have served Gretchen Wilson with a copyright-infringement notice, asserting her song "Work Hard, Play Harder" exploits their title "Jealous Again"
    Sep 3, 2008
    Jimmy Buffett files a notice of opposition to The Walking Company's application to trademark a line of products under the name It's Five O'Clock Somewhere!
    Mar 11, 2009
    The New York Post reports songwriter D.L. Byron has sued Rascal Flatts, charging "No Reins"--from the "Still Feels Good" album--infringes on "Shadows Of The Night," a hit he wrote for Pat Benatar
    Jun 3, 2009
    Dane and Del Bryant file suit in Nashville against the A&E Cable Network for using "Rocky Top" in a 2004 episode of "City Confidential" despite being denied permission
    Aug 12, 2009
    The Country Music Hall of Fame announces songwriter Cindy Walker bequeathed the rights to her song catalog, including "You Don't Know Me" and "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)," to the Hall
    Sep 9, 2009
    The Tennessean reports Thom Shepherd and Steve Williams have filed trademark suits against two businesses selling merchandise under the name of a song they wrote for Craig Morgan, "Redneck Yacht Club"



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