Richard Reinhardt (aka Richie Ramone) is suing Apple for copyright infringement.
Reinhardt, a one-time drummer for the Ramones, is alledging infringement of digital downloads of Ramones songs.The drummer claims to have written six Ramones songs - "Smash You," " Somebody Put Something In My Drink," "Human Kind," "I'm Not Jesus," "I Know Better Now" and "(You) Can't Say Anything Nice", all of which are available as downloads on iTunes.
In his lawsuit, he claims that he has never licensed the issue of the songs as digital downloads.
Reinhardt was a member of the Ramones between 1983 and 1987. He replaced Mary Ramone during that time.
He is claiming $900,000 in damages.
