John Fogerty wasn&#x27;t sued for sounding like himself, he was sued for plagiarizing a song he didn&#x27;t own. Although Fogerty won and apparently eventually got his legal costs back.<p>&quot;In the bizarre self-plagiarism case, Fantasy and its boss Saul Zaentz claimed that Fogerty&#x27;s 1985 song Old Man Down the Road was merely his old Creedence song, Run Through the Jungle, with a new title. The label wouldn&#x27;t have been able to bring the suit if Fogerty hadn&#x27;t sold them the rights to his old material, something any aspiring pop star would be strenuously advised not to do in these more artist friendly days. Fogerty won the case, but then had to jump through further legal hoops to win back $1.35m dollars in costs.&quot; (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;culture&#x2F;2000&#x2F;jul&#x2F;11&#x2F;artsfeatures3" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;culture&#x2F;2000&#x2F;jul&#x2F;11&#x2F;artsfeatures3</a>)<p>Let me use this to point out: I hate it when even these little fudges happen. &quot;Unsuccessfully sued for self-plagiarism&quot; becomes &quot;sued for self-plagiarism&quot; becomes &quot;sued for sounding like himself&quot; -- which actually means something quite different. And then that winds up the headline, people remember it and form opinions based on it. And now we&#x27;ve got some dumb new falsehood floating around whenever people talk about record companies and music publishing. &quot;You can literally be sued for sounding like yourself! Media companies are monsters that want to destroy human life on earth!&quot;<p>Gotta get those clicks, though. Click click click.