Tommy Dunbar, founder of the Rubinoos, filed the suit in California’s Northern Federal District Court in San Francisco on July 2. MALCOLM MCLAREN Former Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren was sued in 2005 by a French musician who claimed the producer plagiarised his work, to create the song About Her , which featured on the Kill Bill soundtrack. Benjamin Beduneau, aka, Lancelot, claimed he wrote the song and that Mr McLaren stole his composition.

BEYONCE In 2005, Beyonce was sued by singer/songwriter Jennifer Armour, who claims the Bootylicious star copied her lyrics and musical hook for the song Baby Boy . Armour claimed Beyonce copied her song Got a Little Bit of Love for You, which she wrote in 2003. JIVE RECORDS ‘N Sync label Jive Records was sued this year by musician Troy Alexander who alleged the label stole his song Up Against the Wall and gave it to the boy band.

Alexander claimed to have sent a demo tape with the song to Jive Records in 1990. 11 years later, ‘N Sync released the song by the same name on their album Celebrity .