Alicia Keys Sued Over'Girl On Fire'

Alicia Keys is facing a legal battle with a songwriter who has accused
her of plagiarizing part of her hit single Girl On Fire.
Songwriter Earl Shuman, whose music has been performed by stars
including Tom Jones and Barbra Streisand, filed a copyright
infringement lawsuit in a California federal court last week, accusing
the singer of using parts of a track he wrote in 1962 without
permission.
The song was a chart hit for Eddie Holman in 1970 after he recorded it
as Hey There Lonely Girl, and Shuman claims it was illegally sampled
by Keys. The lawsuit targets Keys as well as the co-writers of the
song and her record label bosses at Sony Music Entertainment.
The legal documents, obtained by The Hollywood Reporter,
state,"Plaintiff alleges that Keys... did not obtain authorization
concerning the use of Lonely Boy/Girl before writing, distributing
and/or exhibiting Girl on Fire... Defendants are earning money from
the exploitation of Girl On Fire... without credit, attribution,
payment of royalties, or other recognition of Plaintiff's rights."
Girl on Fire is the lead single from Keys' album of the same name. The
song was released in September. Source: Starpulse