We all just wanna be big rock stars, and Nickelback will continue to do so without being any lighter in the pocket after a federal judge ruled in their favor in a copyright infringement case. The song ...

The hard rockers didn't infringe copyrights simply by "singing about being a rockstar," the court says. By Bill Donahue A federal appeals court has rejected a copyright lawsuit that claimed Nickelback ...

Ending a three-year lawsuit, a judge says the allegation that the band copied its 2006 hit from an earlier song "borders on the absurd." By Bill Donahue A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a ...

A man named Kirk Johnston has filed a lawsuit against Nickelback, Roadrunner Records, Warner Chappell Music, Inc. and Live Nation, stating that the band's 2005 song "Rockstar" is copyright ...

The judge said the case "borders on the absurd." In a 2021 response, Nickelback said the two songs sound nothing alike, and that "Johnston failed to identify any specific lyrical similarities between ...

People with functioning ears the world over scratched their heads last month when Kirk Johnston, a former member of the band Snowblind Revival, brought a lawsuit against Nickelback for alleged ...

The latest in a string of big wins for Canadian hard rock institution Nickelback finds a federal judge ruling against allegations that their 2006 smash "Rockstar" was ripped off. Billboard reports ...

Nickelback should face claims they copied elements of another musician’s work for their 2005 hit “Rockstar”, a Texas magistrate judge has advised.

As the rotating stage rose to its peak nearly forty feet in the air, hovering above a packed general admission floor with the entire band playing, and just as the first notes of “Rockstar” began to ...