Judge dismisses copyright suit against Kid Rock

December 07, 2007 A federal judge has dismissed a Louisiana musician's copyright infringement lawsuit against Kid Rock, ruling Troy Landry didn't prove that the rapper's "Somebody's Gotta Feel This" was a rip off of his own music. Landry sued Atlantic Recording Corp., Kid Rock (whose real name is Robert Ritchie) and others in 2004, claiming an 8-second portion of Kid Rock's "Somebody's Gotta Feel This," featured in a beer commercial, was "strikingly or substantially similar" to songs Landry released on a 1994 record. Landry, identified in court records as a musician with a New Orleans band, claimed the 8-second hook was repeated throughout the song and made up 45% of it.

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