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    • Dec 18, 2000
    Publishing company Albert E. Brumley & Sons files suit against The Dixie Chicks in Joplin, Missouri, after the group used the gospel classic "I'll Fly Away" as part of its song "Sin Wagon" without obtaining permission
    Mar 29, 2001
    The estate of Margaret Mitchell asks for a restraining order to block the release of songwriter Alice Randall's "The Wind Done Gone," a novel that retells "Gone With The Wind" from a slave's point of view. Randall's credits include "XXXs's And OOO's (An American Girl)" and "Girls Ride Horses Too"
    Apr 20, 2001
    An Atlanta judge blocks the release of "XXX's And OOO's" songwriter Alice Randall's "The Wind Done Gone," a sequel to "Gone With The Wind." She classifies the work as commentary; the judge calls it "unabated piracy"
    Apr 24, 2001
    Johnny Cash and photographer Jim Marshall sue Urban Outfitters in San Francisco for using a famous picture of Cash flipping off a TV crew at San Quentin on a T-shirt
    May 14, 2001
    Major Bob Music, a music publisher which represents numerous titles written by Garth Brooks, among others, sues MP3.com in New York for copyright infringement. The suit seeks $150,000 apiece for some 219 titles--nearly $33 million
    May 25, 2001
    A federal appeals court in Atlanta lifts an injunction against "The Wind Done Gone," a parody of "Gone With The Wind" written by country songwriter Alice Randall, author of Trisha Yearwood's "XXX's And OOO's (An American Girl)"
    Jun 28, 2001
    SHeDAISY's Kristyn Osborn becomes the first individual songwriter to sue a karaoke company, filing an infringement suit in Nashville against Pocket Songs for unlicensed use of "I Will... But"
    Nov 30, 2001
    Chuck Berry is sued by a lawyer for Johnnie Johnson with claims that the pianist is owed royalties as a co-writer on many of Berry's songs. Berry, who wrote "Johnny B. Goode" about Johnson, ultimately prevails
    May 9, 2002
    Associated Press reports a suit against Nashville songwriter Alice Randall has been dropped. Margaret Mitchell's estate had claimed Randall's book "The Wind Done Gone" infringed on "Gone With The Wind"
    Sep 9, 2002
    Application is made to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Virginia, to register the band name Sugarland



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