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Description:
Zomba Recording, LLC filed a lawsuit for copyright infringement and conversion against popular Hollywood blogger Mario Lavandeira (aka Perez Hilton) for allegedly uploading unreleased Britney Spears tracks onto his celebrity gossip blog, www.perezhilton.com.
Zomba, a Sony BMG subsidiary which owns the copyright in Spears' music, says that Lavadeira illegally obtained and posted ten completed and demo tracks for Spears' upcoming album "Blackout."
After Zomba complained to Lavandeira's ISP, some of the offending content was removed from his website, but Zomba maintains that some of its copyrighted material is still posted on Lavandeira's website.
Zomba claims that, as a result of the online leak of the Spears tracks, related Zomba Label Group company Jive Records has been forced to release Blackout on October 30, 2007, two weeks earlier than planned. Zomba is seeking unspecified damages, costs and an order restraining Lavandeira from continuing his alleged infringement of Zomba's copyright. Zomba also seeks punitive damages on their conversion claim.
Update:
06/30/2009 - The parties submitted a stipulation to dismiss the case, pursuant to an undisclosed settlement agreement.
07/08/2009 - The District Court judge dismissed the case, with prejudice.