Bon Jovi's Copyright Case Resurfaces

Bon Jovi's legal battle over their baseball anthem is far from over - the man who filed a $400 billion plagiarism suit against them last year is dragging the case back to court.

Massachusetts-based musician Samuel Bartley Steele filed papers last October alleging the group copied lyrics from his 2004 song (Man I Really) Love This Team, which was used as the theme tune for his Boston baseball team The Red Sox.

Steele alleges the group's New Jersey-born frontman Jon Bon Jovi heard the song while campaigning for US. Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry in 2004, and used the track's lyrics to create hit song I Love This Town - which was later used as a promotional track for Major League Baseball.

A judge dismissed the case in 2008 after Steele's own musicologist agreed the songs weren't very similar, but Steele has decided to challenge the decision. He filed an a notice of appeal to the First Circuit Federal Court on Friday (November 06).

Thanks for the report to Contactmusic.com.