A judge in Indianapolis has dismissed claims by a songwriter that the rubbish Britney Spears song Sometimes really belonged to him, and that it was stolen by Britney.

All of which must be a weight off Britney’s mind – she’s now got more time to hide her baby away from the world and laugh at her husband’s piss-poor rapping.

Back in May, a songwriter named Steve Wallace filed a
copyright-infringement lawsuit against Britney Spears (CDs) and Sony/BMG
Music, because a song he wrote in 1990 was uncannily similar to the
Britney Spears song Sometimes, from her 1999 album …Baby One More
Time. Wallace was unclear as to exactly how he lost his lyrics to
Spears and Sony/BMG, but he claimed that he had an e-mail from Britney
herself, saying:

"I now know for a fact that you wrote Sometimes. But there’s nothing I can do about it. That’s all I can say about it."

However, Wallace’s case fell apart as soon as it reached court, with Judge John D Thinker throwing the case out with no kind of settlement in favour of Wallace. Britney’s attorney David R Baum said:

"We
actually forced the other side to voluntarily dismiss the case. We had
very compelling – actually, indisputable – evidence that the song was
independently created by [songwriter] Jorgen Elofsson. It was not
created by Mr. Wallace."

Britney Spears herself was not at the
trial. She was probably too busy trying to get K-Fed to explain what a
"Pavarotti" is, and why he’s convinced so many of them are following him
around.

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Britney Copyright Claim Dismissed - BBC

[story by Stuart Heritage]