On December 21, 2007 the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the 2006 trial court decision dismissing a copyright infringement lawsuit brought against Beyoncé and the co-authors of the Grammy® Award-winning, number one hit song “Baby Boy.”

In response to the appellate court’s decision, Beyoncé said, “It’s unfortunate that we had to endure this long legal process but I am hopeful this decision will allow all of us that were involved to finally move on.”

The plaintiff, Jennifer Armour, asserted in the lawsuit that her former manager submitted demo recordings of a song to Mathew Knowles (President, Music World Entertainment), representatives of Beyoncé’s record label Columbia Records, a division of Sony BMG Music Entertainment, and others, in late February or early March 2003. She discovered in the litigation, however, that the writing and recording of “Baby Boy” was substantially complete before Armour claimed to have submitted her demo recording.

The trial court dismissed the plaintiff’s case because, the court determined, no reasonable person could conclude that the two songs sounded substantially similar to one another. The appellate court did not reach that question, but instead upheld the dismissal of the case on the grounds that “Baby Boy” was in existence before Armour allegedly submitted her demos.

Defendants named in the lawsuit included Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Scott Storch, Robert Waller, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Hitco Music Publishing, TVT Music, and Notting Dale Songs, all of whom were represented by Henry (”Hank”) J. Fasthoff, IV of Stumpf Farrimond.

Want to relive Beyoncé’s Top 7 Moments of 2007? Well click on the banner below to find out what they are and when they happened! I took a long time creating this and I’d like to thank YUNStar for thinking of this idea for us and DC3 Forever for voting on the Top 7!

Hey guys sorry for the lack of updates…I’ve been busy with an addition to the site but unfortunatly I still won’t be able to finish it tonight. But hopefully tomorrow so that I can resume updating, even though B news is a little slow. So I want to wish everybody a happy 2008 and be safe!!

A year ago tomorrow, ABC aired the 2006 Disney Christmas Parade where Beyonce sang Silent Night and I posted it here shortly after! I took it down as soon as I switched layouts and news systems. So here’s one Christmas present that I’m giving yall! So have a nice and safe Christmas Eve and I’ll be back tomorrow afternoon to make some missed updates!

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Ah! Finally, I’m back! I’ll making more updates this coming week…even a special new section celebrating B! Stick around!!

Sorry guys. Neek’s internet is STILL very weird. He can’t seem to stay on for more than 5 minutes if even that. So tomorrow I’ll be updating what we’ve missed.

This is Neek’s friend, his internet is been wacky so that’s what’s been keeping him from updates…but don’t worry, I’ll be helping out for a little while!

Beyoncé Knowles will add to the festive sparkle of Milan today when she launches the Emporio Armani scent, Diamonds, at Rinascente’s flagship in Piazza Duomo. Together with Giorgio Armani — who started his fashion career window dressing for the store in the Sixties — the singer will make an appearance in Rinascente’s beauty department to sign flacons of the jewel-shaped perfume for fans. Knowles, who is featured in the ad campaign for Diamonds, also will make a guest appearance on Italian MTV earlier in the afternoon.

   

Hey everyone, I’m very sorry for the lack of updates this past weekend. I haven’t been able to get on the internet for a good minute. But umm…I guess I didn’t miss too much of B! I’ll be uploading pictures of her at the game this weekend and a few news updates. Thanks for sticking around!

More House of Dereon promo outtakes! This time untagged, I love em!

   

I’ve added photos from Beyonce’s Arena Magazine photoshoot that was taken in 2006. If any of you remember, I used one of the pictures (the one with the wolf) on our very first layout! Enjoy!

   

1. Every dance Beyoncé did in her “Get Me Bodied” video.
We never heard of most of the dances before the video hit, but B was doing ‘em and looked great. And shout-out to Solange for getting in there too. We see you!

– MTV.Com

Beyonce and Jay-Z were seen at JFK Airport in New York on December 8, 2007. They came back after their trip in Paris for Jay’s birthday, Beyonce was seen looking gorgeous…obviously haha!

   

I’ve added candids from the past weekend when Beyonce and Jay-Z were going around in Paris! Enjoy!

Arriving In Paris December 3, 2007
   

Leaving Paris Hotel December 4, 2007
   

Dinner In Paris with Jay-Z December 5, 2007