JAKARTA - The rock and roll legend, The Rolling Stones is facing a copyright lawsuit over their song Living In A Ghost Town which was released three years ago.

In the lawsuit, a less-known songwriter named Sergio Garcia Fernandez, who appears under the name Angelslang, claims that the song "failed many recognizable and protected elements" from his two songs, So Sorry (2006) and Seed Of God (2007).

Fernandez claims that he gave the music CD to Mick Jagger's "close family member", with elements of two songs allegedly used in the song Living In A Ghost Town.

In a statement (via Billboard), Fernandez's lawyer said that the close family member of The Rolling Stones vocalist confirmed a receipt to the plaintiff via email and stated that The Rolling Stone was interested in using the plaintiff's musical works.

It was further said that Living In A Ghost Town lifted "vocal melodies, chord progression, drum tapping patterns, harmonics, electric bass, tempo, and other key signs" from So Sorry, and harmonic progression and acorrelation and melodies' from the Seed Of God.

So far, representatives of The Rolling Stones have not responded to a request for comment from Billboard.