John Fogerty vs Creedence Clearwater Revival

In order to be able to leave Creedence Clearwater Revival, John Fogerty had to sign away all of his royalties in CCR’s stable of songs. In the end they signed them away to the CCR and John Fogerty left. After this the band had no hard feelings for eachother and ended up being friends again. Then Zaentz filed a Defamation of Character suit and then later filed another suit claiming that the lead track to that same album; The Old Man Down the Road, was a replica of a CCR song; Run Through the Jungle. Essentially, John Fogerty was now being accused of plagiarizing himself. After hearing the song in court the judge decided that they were not the same and the case was dropped.

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