Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger is suing the band's former drummer over a copyright dispute.
According to the lawsuit, drummer Ryan Vikedal, who was sacked from the band at the start of the year, previously received a small public-performance royalty on each of the band's hits. However, Kroeger says that Vikedal lost the rights to those royalty payments when he left the band, but that he has failed to de-register his interests with royalties body SOCAN. That means he is still receiving royalty payments on the songs. The lawsuit aims to force Vikedal to fill in the appropriate SOCAN forms, and to return any royalties he has received since January.
Kroeger and his company Arm Your Dillo Publishing Inc are suing Vikedal and his company Ladekiv Music Inc. Neither side have, as yet, commented on the litigation.