Avril Lavigne is being sued

Canadian pop sensation Avril Lavigne is being sued by U.S. songwriters for an alleged copycat version of an original song.

The 1970s band, the Rubinoos, have claimed Avril Lavigne’s hit single "Girlfriend" is a ripoff of their 1979 song "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend."

I found an mp3 of "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" by the Rubinoos. I'm sure we've all heard "Girlfriend" by Avril. This whole thing brings back memories of the days when there were issues between Queen and Vanilla Ice.

I'm particularly fond of what was said near the end of the article:

Although four words are similar, McBride pointed out “‘hey you’ has been used in so many other songs, you could say they (the Rubinoos) ripped off the Rolling Stones lyrics ‘Hey! You! Get off of my cloud.’”