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"Beyonc&amp;#233; Knowles is going to war with a pop star from the past who claims the former Destiny's Child star covered her song, but didn't cover her ass.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.aolcdn.com/tmz_audio/0417_beyonce_2.mp3\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0418_beyonce_launch_fm-1\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/04/17/0418-beyonce-launch-fm-2.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.aolcdn.com/tmz_audio/0417_desree_2.mp3\"&gt;&lt;img vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"4\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Click to hear audio!\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2007/04/18/0418_desree_launch_fm.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; According to a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.aolcdn.com/tmz_documents/0418_beyonce_song_complaint.pdf\"&gt;lawsuit filed yesterday&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; in Manhattan Federal Court by music administators, Beyonc&amp;#233; allegedly never obtained proper clearance to cover a song called \"I'm Kissing You,\" originally co-written by a singer named Des'ree -- famous for her 1994 smash hit, \"You Gotta Be.\" Des'ree's version was used in Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film \"Romeo and Juliet,\" Beyonc&amp;#233;'s version can be found on the re-release of her album, \"B'Day.\"&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; In the lawsuit, Des'ree and her reps claim that Beyonc&amp;#233;, along with her record company people, originally tried to work out a deal to use the song. When they weren't satisfied with the proposed terms -- which included not being able to change the title or make a music video for the song -- Beyonc&amp;#233; allegedly blew off copyright law completely, and recorded the song and video without permission. The song was eventually released on Beyonc&amp;#233;'s album, \"B'Day - Deluxe Edition\" on April 3, 2007, with the title \"Still in Love (Kissing You).\"&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Des'ree is suing to halt distribution of the song, video and album and seeking at least $150,000 in damages. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lawyers for Beyonc&amp;#233; and Des'ree couldn't be reached for comment."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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