This copyright case was to do with music. ZZ Top was accused of ripping off blues legend John Lee Hooker. Shortly after WWII, John Lee Hooker, along with Bernard Besman, wrote a classic blues song called Boogie Chillen. Hooker went on to record three versions of the song. Then in 1973 ZZ Top made a song named La Grange, and in 1991, Bernard Besman heard this song and got a case of deja vu. Then being head of La Cienega Music, the copyright owner of Boogie Chillen, Besman decided to sue against ZZ Top. The results of the case was the judge dismissed part of the suit stating that the 1948 single and 1950 remake were in the public domain.
