'Pop Idol' Creator Sues Cowell Over Rival Show
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LONDON  - The creator of U.K. talent  show "Pop Idol" and its U.S. spinoff "American Idol" is suing  his former collaborators, including Simon Cowell, claiming that  their new project is a rip-off of the global "Idol" format.
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NEW YORK -- MTV owner Viacom Inc. said Tuesday it has sued YouTube and its corporate parent Google Inc. in federal court for alleged copyright infringement and is seeking more than $1 billion in damages.
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Reality show star/hit pop singer Jessica Simpson is being sued  by Cosmojet, a California based cosmetic company, that claims Simpson  still owes nearly $200,000 for the products it supplied for her "Dessert" beauty line. Simpson responded to the lawsu...
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Clay Aiken sang his way to a runner-up finish on the television show "American Idol." Last season, fellow North Carolinian Fantasia Barrino won a lucrative recording contract by claiming the title.
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TV Guideâ¢ firm cries foul Virgin Media has slammed a High Court patent infringement lawsuit brought by the firm behind the massive US TV Guide franchise as an act of "flagrant opportunism".â¦
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Birdman faces a federal lawsuit that accuses him of sampling other artists' songs without paying licensing fees.
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Pop star Kylie Minogue is suing the British record producer who helped launch her career. The Australian singer has claimed in the Victoria state Supreme Court that PAL Productions, run by famed pop producer Pete Waterman, underpaid royalties for her "Greatest Hits" album which was released in 1992 and rereleased in 2002, the Sunday Age newspaper reported.
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NEW YORK -- The mother of four of former NBA star Latrell Sprewell's children sued him for $200 million Monday, alleging Sprewell broke their long-term cohabitation deal and roughed her up last month in their Westchester County home.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - While some &quot;American Idol&quot; contestants might fear Simon Cowell's biting criticism, Bucky Covington says he's grateful for it. &quot;Because of him being mean, millions of people watch that show,&quot; said Covington, who finished eighth last season.
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Author Staci Robinson  has filed a $40 million lawsuit against the fledgling CW  network and its owners, along with producers of the  soon-to-debut series "The Game," alleging that it copies the  concept and characters of her unpublished novel.
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A former business associate of  Michael Jackson filed a breach-of-contract suit against the pop  star on Tuesday, seeking $3 million he says the performer owes  him for unpaid loans, cash advances and producing fees.
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Music mogul Simon Fuller sues TV host Simon Cowell, claiming his X Factor show is a copy of Pop Idol.
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The father of American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino sues the publishers of her autobiography.
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Country singer Keith Urban has filed a lawsuit against a painter of the same name, claiming that the lesser known Keith Urban's Web site infringes trademark and cyber-squatting laws.
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Levon Helm, former drummer for The Band, is suing a Manhattan advertising firm over the use of the band's signature song, "The Weight," in a television commercial.
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Two former "American Idol" rivals &#151; second-season winner Ruben Studdard and runner-up Clay Aiken &#151; will battle again when their new albums are released next month.
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Star Jones, the newly wed co-host of ABC-TV's "The View," has been sued for more than &#36;7,000 for work a gardener says he did on her Manhattan penthouse terrace to prepare it for an Architectural Digest photo layout.