Beyonce's Booty(licious) Getting Sued for Song Stealing

Oops! Houston siren Beyonce's getting sued. Seems she wanted to cover mid-90s popstar Des'ree's song. (You'd recognize Des'ree from her song "You Gotta Be", which Houstonist runs into at the gym every single time we go. Also? Five words: Sunny. Ninety-Nine. Point. One. Or is that four words? We never understood about the hyphenated thingies....)

Ahem. Anyway....

Des'ree's song "I'm Kissing You", which was featured in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet back in 1996 somehow ended up on Beyonce's latest release, the deluxe edition of her album B'Day. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday by music industry admins in a Manhattan-area federal court, Beyonce and her people were unhappy with the conditions under which Des'ree and her management wanted them to make the planned cover of the song, which included provisions such as not being able to change the title or make a music video. The suit then alleges that Beyonce proceeded to completely ignore the copywright law (her version of the song is called "Still In Love (Kissing You)".

You can see a copy of the lawsuit, courtesy of TMZ.com, here. Des'ree is suing for half the distribution of the song, the video, and the album, and seeking at least $150,000 in additional damages.