article_snippet: It's not the first time singers have turned to the courts to settle an accusation of musical theft.
article_snippet: Reports at the time said his band, Huey Lewis and the News settled and signed a confidentiality agreement.
article_snippet: Australian band Men at Work lost a case that all but accused Australian band Men at Work of stealing from children.
article_snippet: A court found that the flute solo in Australian band Men at Work global hit "Down Under" had plagiarized the children's tune "Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree," written for the Scouting organization the Girl Guides.
article_snippet: (It was the publisher of the song, Larkin Music, that sued.
article_snippet: Reports at the time said a lawsuit was settled out of court.
article_snippet: Headlines suggested that Innes was going to sue Oasis, but in a 2013 interview, the Neil Innes said it was the music publisher EMI who took action and settled out of court, giving a quarter of the monies from "Whatever" to Innes and a quarter to EMI.
highlights_snippet: Sam Smith, Beach Boys and "Ghostbusters" tune have all been hit by accusations .
  