Justin Bieber and Usher Lawsuit Update: Plagiarized 'Somebody To Love' Song to Set Pair Back $10 Million

Justin Bieber and Usher were haunted again by a revived lawsuit costing $10 million for alleged plagiarism of Bieber's 2010 hit single, 'Somebody To Love.'

"After listening to the Copeland song and the Bieber and Usher songs as wholes, we conclude that their choruses are similar enough and also significant enough that a reasonable jury could find the songs intrinsically similar," Circuit Judge Pamela Harris wrote as reported by Reuters.

The case is Copeland et al v. Bieber et al, 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 14-1427 is originally filed on May 2013 lawsuit by Devin Copeland, an R&B singer known as De Rico and songwriter partner Mareio Overton and was recently voted with a 3-0 by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond.

Copeland and Overton claimed that the Canadian hitmaker's single deliberately copied their Rnb song of the same title and has even used the same beat pattern, time signature, chords and lyrics.

Somebody To Love is included in Justin's debut album My World 2.0. it has gained worldwide recognition especially in countries like Canada, Japan, Germany and New Zealand and was voted number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Members of the Glee cast also did a cover of the hit single in 2011 increasing its popularity, Mail Online reports.

Usher, who originally wrote the song, also did a remix and his own version of the song with Bieber considered as featured artist.

According to Time, Copeland and Overton claimed property rights over the song saying they were the ones who wrote it first and included it in their 2008 album, My Story II.

However, after getting in contact with Usher and his songwriters, the latter 'conspired...to directly copy Plaintiffs' song 'Somebody to Love' calling it as their own.