Copyright Infringement

John Fogerty wanted to leave Creedance Clearwater Revival and in order to do this, he had to sign away all of his royalties in CCR's stable of songs. Then, in 1985, Fogerty relesed the song Zanz Can't Dance which was about a con man and his con pig. Saul Zaents, from CCR, filed a Defamation of Character Suit and filed another suit claiming that the song was a replica of a CCR song: The Old Man Down the Road. Fogerty went to court and lucky for him, the court decided to dismiss the case.
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