Britney lawsuit dismissed

NEW YORK (Britney Spears Fans Website) - A federal judge has tossed out a copyright infringement lawsuit against Britney Spears. The suit was filed by two Philadelphia songwriters who claimed that a Britney song, "What U See (Is What U Get)" used elements of a song they wrote.

The judge ruled that the writers of Britney's tune never had access to the song that they were alleged to have ripped off.
The songriters credited with writing Spears' song, released on her best-selling second album, "Oops! ... I Did it Again," testified that they hadn't heard Cottrill and Wnukowski's tune until two months ago.
"As plaintiffs have not come forward with any affirmative evidence showing access, there is no reasonable possibility that the creators copied plaintiffs' song before November 1999 when the melody of defendants' song was completed," Schiller wrote in his decision.

The lawsuit, filed last June, also named Zomba Recording Corp., Jive Records, Wright Entertainment Group and BMG Music Publishing Inc.