Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood Take Shots At Copyright Lawsuit With 'High Life' [LISTEN]

Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood are still a little bitter over a 2013 copyright lawsuit filed by songwriter Amy Bowen.

The duo's new song - "High Life" - describes a family that survives off of inheritance and questionable lawsuits. Sung by Paisley and backed up by Underwood, the third verse goes like this:

"I heard a song a couple months ago / It was Carrie Underwood on the radio / It reminded me of a poem my brother wrote / Back in the second grade / Now I know she didn't steal it, but so what? / We lawyered up and we sued her butt / These days we figure we'd pretty much / Get paid to go away."

According to The Boot, Bowen filed a $10 million suit against songwriters Paisley, Chris DuBois and Kelley Lovelace last year after Paisley and Underwood's track "Remind Me" hit the airwaves. Bowen - who goes by Lizza Connor in the professional world - alleged that DuBois and Lovelace snookered the hook from her after a 2008 workshop in which Bowen crafted her version of "Remind Me."

In December, a federal judge Aleta Trauger agreed that the case had merit (via the Hollywood Reporter):

"As Bowen points out, in both recordings, (1) the phrase 'Remind me' is often followed by the partner phrase 'Baby, remind me,' which essentially echoes the hook; (2) the hooks are repeated in close proximity and with similar intonation - higher the second time than the first; (3) the hooks rise in pitch from 're-' to '-mind' and descend in pitch from 're-' to '-mind,'; and (4) the syllable 're-' crosses two tones and the syllable '-me' crosses at least three tones.'"

While there has been no recent update on the case, People.com recently announced that Paisley and Underwood are hosting the CMAs this fall for the seventh straight year.

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