According to the Wall Street Journal, Eddie Vedder is being sued by Gordon Peterson the songwriter of the song "Hard Sun", which Eddie Vedder recorded on the soundtrack to a movie Directed by Sean Penn, "Into the Wild". Also named in the lawsuit is Universal Music, the company that has released the soundtrack.
You can read more about the lawsuit here.
you decide is it close enought to be infringement? :
Peterson Original
Vedder Version
You can read more about the lawsuit here.
you decide is it close enought to be infringement? :
Peterson Original
Vedder Version