A Texas federal magistrate judge has told a federal district court that Nickelback must face a copyright lawsuit, claiming that the band copied its 2005 hit "Rockstar" from an earlier track called "Rock Star."
Kirk Johnston filed a lawsuit against Nickelback members Chad Kroeger, Michael Kroeger, Ryan Peake and Daniel Adair, as well as the band's former record label Roadrunner Records and Warner Chappell Music, Inc. and Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. alleging that the band copied his original musical composition, "Rock Star", which he wrote in 2001 while a member of the band Snowblind Revival.
Johnston is seeking damages for copyright infringement and an injunction against further infringement.