A lawsuit has been filed against Beyonce Knowles by The Royalty Network. The suit, which also names Beyonce’s company B-Day Publishing, is taking place in a Manhattan Federal Court, over the song “I’m Kissing You.”
The song, which was originally performed by singer Desree and featured in the updated movie version of Romeo And Juliet‘, was written by Timothy Atack and Desree. The lawsuit claims that Knowles violated the copyrights of Westbury Music, which is administered by The Royalty Network. Also named in the lawsuit are Columbia Recording Corp., Sony BMG Music Entertainment and EMI April Music.
Desree is best known for her 1994 hit single “You Gotta Be.” Beyonce covered “I’m Kissing You” on the re-release of her album B’Day.
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