Crush 40 musician and Sonic songwriter Johnny Gioeli is suing Sega of America over ownership of the Sonic Adventure 2 theme song Live and Learn.
The songwriter holds the copyright for Live and Learn, where he’s listed as having authorship over the music and lyrics.
In the lawsuit, Gioeli claims he was paid $3000 to write lyrics for an as-yet-untitled song to be included in Sonic Adventure 2.
Gioeli worked with Sega for over 20 years, from 1998’s Sonic Adventure to Team Sonic Racing and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 in 2019.
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