U2 urges end to lawsuit claiming it stole 'Achtung Baby' song
Irish rock group U2 asked a U.S. judge on Tuesday to dismiss a lawsuit by a British songwriter and guitarist who claimed that the band lifted large parts of one of his works for a song on its 1991 blockbuster album "Achtung Baby."
In a filing with the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, U2 said ordinary listeners would find that its song "The Fly" and Paul Rose's 1989 instrumental "Nae Slappin" sound "nothing alike," and no reasonable jury could find them substantially similar.
The band also questioned why Rose waited until February to sue, saying "nothing about 'The Fly' has changed in the quarter century since it was released."
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