Reuters reports: Guns N' Roses and Universal Music Group's Interscope-Geffen A&M label were sued by British label Independiente and the U.S. arm of Domino Recording Company, who own the licensing rights to songs by German electronic musician Ulrich Schnauss.

The lawsuit alleges that Axl Rose and Guns N' Roses band members and album producers copied portions of two of Schnauss' songs for the song "Riad N' the Bedouins" off of "Chinese Democracy" - The follow up with the band's response is here