Lawsuit Against Kid Rock Dropped

A U.S. District Judge decided in Kid Rock's favor last week in a lawsuit brought against him by Troy Landry. Troy accused Kid Rock of ripping off his music and said that Kid Rock's 'Somebody's Gotta Feel This' sounded strikingly similar to a song Landry had released in 1994.

Testimony was heard from both sides and a side-by-side comparison of the songs was performed and it was decided that they were not substantially similar and that Kid Rock could have independently created the tune. The judge noted that "a layman would not view the works as substantially similar."

As celebrity lawsuits go, Landry named a whole list of people to sue that included Atlantic Recording Corp, Kid Rock, and many others in 2004. After several years in court, the question about the 8-second tune has been resolved. Attorneys for Kid Rock made a statement about it saying the rock star's song had a "fairly common progression", even though Landry claimed the 8-second hook was repeated over and over again and made up 45 percent of the song. Michael Novak, Kid Rock's personal attorney said "Whenever you have a hit record, you can pretty much plan on attracting this kind of lawsuit." Somebody always wants a cut of the profits!