THAT'S MY TUNE

Copyright misery hits the US courts again: Ben Freeman is suing Nelly and NSYNC as he believes their song Girlfriend was actually his:

Ben Freeman, leader of the R&B boy band "TRB," claims that he wrote and recorded 'Be My Girlfriend' for his sons Ben III, Antoine and Christopher Freeman in September of 1995.

We're a little bemused as to why you'd write your children a song called Be My Girlfriend, but we're not here to judge.

It's the mother who seems most annoyed:

"To have a superstar band like NSYNC, with Justin Timberlake as its lead singer, do this to us is so disheartening. For this successful young White kid backed by these giant recording and publishing companies to come in and heavy handedly infringe on my husband's copyright of his songs; the songs that my husband wrote for our boys," Mrs. Freeman stated. "It's just like taking candy from a baby! It's not right, it's just not right. It's downright criminal! My husband also recorded the song, 'Too Far Away' which I believe is the mirror image of their song 'Gone' which is on their CD entitled Celebrity."

If it's the mirror image, wouldn't that make it like the song but running backwards?

Lets just hope Tom Robinson doesn't countersue for his band's name back.

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