Beyonce Accused of a Musical Cover-Up

16. Beyonce does have a nice set of pipers on her, but maybe creativity just isn't one of her fortes.

either way, that scene was the worst part of Romero & Juliet. I found it hard to believe that the Capulets would hire Des'ree for such a shindig.

Posted at 1:12PM on Apr 18th 2007 by snapcase07

17. Beyonce = Mush Mouth from Fat Albert

Posted at 1:46PM on Apr 18th 2007 by craven

18. Don't forget she has also been caught with the big fat lie about her age being 24 verses her true age of 32 ...cover up of 7 years.
She a B@tch .......

Posted at 1:53PM on Apr 18th 2007 by susan

19. LISTEN to the songs. Beyoncé rewrote a lot of it, only keeping the "kissing you" chorus and melody in. AND she does credit Des'ree and the other writer in her liner notes. More than likely it was an issue with her record company failing to get the correct licensing.

Posted at 2:02PM on Apr 18th 2007 by erin

20. That's so sad Beyonce stooped to that level. This is not the first time she has been sued about a song. She also got sued over "Baby Boy" in 2005. It was always apparent that Beyonce and her family are nothing but a bunch of liars and beats. I agree with Jewish Princess none of this surprises me either because people have allowed her to behave like this. And of course the Beyonce Police will be on this site shortly calling people names for telling the truth about her. That makes me wonder what type of character some of her fans has to continue to support this lying thief. I understand that everyone has faults and sins but enough is enough.

Posted at 2:10PM on Apr 18th 2007 by Real Talk

21. i love that des're song! bad bad beyonce!! BAD! does she really have to steal one of the TWO hits this poor lady had?

Posted at 2:39PM on Apr 18th 2007 by bean1217

22. You don't need a license to record a cover of someone elses song. all you have to do is give notice to the copyright owner notice within 30 days of the song being recorded, and before it is distributed. its called a compulsory license

Posted at 1:07PM on Apr 19th 2007 by Ben

23. Yeah, you can cover songs without the artists permission, but you can't put them in an album and sell them without compensation.

Posted at 7:01AM on Apr 19th 2007 by lawyerguydidn'tgraduate

24. Damn, she could have changed it a lil' bit,sheesh she just re sang the same song.

Posted at 9:22AM on Apr 19th 2007 by FugNasty

25. $150,000 is what Beyonce carries around in the pocket of her jeans every day. Please.

Posted at 10:35PM on Apr 18th 2007 by Miss Girl

26. HAHAHAHA that what she gets

Posted at 3:31PM on Apr 18th 2007 by Kristen

27. From what I heard, Be'Yonce's version sounds like crap.

Posted at 9:35PM on Apr 19th 2007 by Alaina

28. i hate beyonce

Posted at 4:50PM on Apr 18th 2007 by jam

29. It's a publishing dispute people! If you actually READ the document the suit is between the publishers NOT the artists. GEEZ! Take a moment to learn...

Posted at 4:38PM on Apr 18th 2007 by IP Knowledge

30. Doesn't surprise me...Beyonce has copied J.Lo and now Shakira...who's next?

Posted at 5:09PM on Apr 18th 2007 by Kopy Kat