Avril Settles

Filed under: Avril Lavigne > Canadialand

Avril Lavigne has been accused of stealing songs many times.

The Candian singer and "songwriter" just settled a plagiarism lawsuit brought against her by the band the Rubinoos, who claim Lavigne's song Girlfriend sounded TOO MUCH like their song I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend.

The terms of the out of court deal are confidential, but we're pretty sure Avril had to pony up some cash.

We hope she paid Peaches too!

Posted: Jan 9, 2008 at 8:10 pm / Email this »

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one says – reply to this

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#1
asdfghj says – reply to this

2

first!!!!!!!!?????
dadas says – reply to this

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hahaah stupid bitch. She deserves to burn in hell, and she's the loser anyway.
me says – reply to this

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first!!!
meeeee says – reply to this

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i hate avril levign more than i ever thought it was humanly/physically possible to hate anyone. And apparently the whole world agrees with me!
THE TRUTH says – reply to this

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For one, stop with the first bullshit

anyways, she sucks ass. She can't sing worth a shit, and she's such a fuckin' wannabe. Do you really think this bitch can write her own shit?
Shannon says – reply to this

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I don't like her.
JESSICA R says – reply to this

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FIRSTTTTT
!! says – reply to this

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first!!!
fizzygrrl says – reply to this

10

FIRSTSSSSS!!!!!!

I heart Avril.
Lil says – reply to this

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heh dumb bitch so should quit already
first says – reply to this

12

1sttt
CGEEES says – reply to this

13

Avril is HOT!!!
Ysugarcoat says – reply to this

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Although she ages, she'll forever be the immature little rebel that claims to be a rock icon…but is really just another pop tart. Urgh! Grow up & make some real music.
cran says – reply to this

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she's lame.
chui says – reply to this

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first
tnt says – reply to this

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I think Britney Spears also needs to pay off Peaches for the beginning of "Freakshow".
loaded says – reply to this

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I'd like to blow a load of cum up her nose.
Sh!tFaced says – reply to this

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Tenth!!!!!!!!!! Shes a stupid ass bitch
joe says – reply to this

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FIRESST
:) says – reply to this

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Its about time, too.
First?
WHY DOES JESSICA ALBA HAVE A CAREER?! says – reply to this

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I HATING O PEOPLE FOR THE SAKE OF HATING, BUT SHE REALLY DOES SUCK.
edgar gonzalez says – reply to this

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I LOVE PEREZ HILTON!
i love you perez says – reply to this

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avril is a dumb bitch.
laurina CEO of HYPEITUP says – reply to this

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4th!
SUCKS 4 HER!!!
woowooh says – reply to this

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SHE'S a DUMB BITCH and I am tired of looking at her and listening to her stupid voice on the radio!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ohhhfsho says – reply to this

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wonder why her song got so big, and most people havent heard of the losers who sued her lol
ha says – reply to this

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stupid
ha says – reply to this

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stupid loser
Winner says – reply to this

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if you idiots actually listen to the song….none of it apart from the 'hey hey you' that is the only bit that songs like girlfriend!

SONG WRITTERS get insparation from someone or other artists it has to start somewhere!!!
dmvnxkj says – reply to this

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27TH
dmvnxkj says – reply to this

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27TH
Peachesrocks says – reply to this

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Peaches is a million times better than avril will ever be…
aVRIL is just jealous that she is NOT TALENTED!!
i says – reply to this

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I won a free prize.
What is it?
Aimee says – reply to this

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I thought the Rubinoos dropped the lawsuit a long time ago, because someone pointed out that they'd ripped off a Rolling Stones song? :-S
Joe Blow says – reply to this

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What a no-talent, unpleasant little rat-face!
mexicansareevil says – reply to this

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Avril hates mexicans too! yay! good for nothing spic balls… hahaha… die
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA says – reply to this

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Avril's a song stealer. Luckily her record label has insurance for that shiz.
Anything But Down says – reply to this

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Avril didn't finish high school–and it shows. Her lyrics are so completely stupid, and she comes across as a total moron in all her interviews. This is why I listen to Sheryl Crow and Tori Amos instead.
Crystal says – reply to this

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Avril won't admit she plagiarized the song. She refuses to take accountability for her actions.
Furniture says – reply to this

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One of the most annoying and talentless bints on the planet. She has the personality of a plank of wood and thinks she is special. The number of times you hear that people are saying she has recorded stuff similar to lesser known material - you have to wonder where she gets her inspirations from in the first place (maybe it is due to listening/ borrowing from other people's material.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA says – reply to this

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Avril's a puppet. She's suppose to be the anti-Britney. Avril's stupider than Britney.
G.O.D. says – reply to this

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She's a Slimmy Cunt.
sarah says – reply to this

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.
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she makes me ashamed to be canadian
goddamn shes a doushebag
"motherfuckin doushebag"
titmouse says – reply to this

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UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I HATE preppy chicks who want to be punk!!!
"look at me! i wear pink and black and heavy eyeliner! im sooooo hardcore!"
fuck right off
goddamn… i wish avril would take the Britney Spears route and just fucking go nuts and GO THE FUCK AWAY!!!!
hater says – reply to this

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i really think avril is annoying. i wish she would go away and never come out with another song again. she isnt talented, and i dont know why she was signed in the first place.
Franklin says – reply to this

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Box it up and send it to Katrina!
LaLa says – reply to this

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She is such a sourpuss bubblegum tit sucking twat. I'm embarrassed that's she's Canadian.
Dizzle says – reply to this

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That cunt disgraces music
perezonhisperiod says – reply to this

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What song did she take from PEACHES???
T says – reply to this

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is it weird to say i care more about britney spears than this idiot bitch??? i'm ashamed she's from the same country as me….worst thing to come out of canada…….please….you hick….you're not better than everyone so shut your trap
gvhvgcd says – reply to this

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3rd
She NEEDS LARGER Pants says – reply to this

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She looks like she has FAT hipps for such a skinny face. Check out the roll of transfat hanging over the pants. Size on upwards fugly.
chloe says – reply to this

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shes so fucking gay
and i'm pretty sure if what she says above ^ on the pic is true then everyone is a loser,
cause everyone thinks shes a dumb talentless wannabe ay
helen says – reply to this

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Little Avril ( You Americans are all small to me. Think of the fun this Norwegian girl has when she goes to Tokyo and is at least 10 cm taller then most of the men. Did I wear high heels? Oh, allright. Guilty as charged. ) is actually right. If you hate her you ARE in fact the loser. If you 'don't like her' you just ignore her. You should spend your energy on what you love. Not what you hate. She is just a little girl who plays lame music. She is no war criminal. But..then again..maybe it's just a really fun word to throw around. It's also funny how people write angry COMMENTS about something they say doesn't deserve any attention.
sandman says – reply to this

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Reply to 'Winner (NOT) If you had bothered to listen to both songs, then you'd know WITHOUT A DOUBT that it IS the same song but for the updated beat/tween voice that is Avril! She "settled" ADMISSION OF GUILT / SHE ADMITTED IT!!! Most of us knew she wasn't going to be able to talk her way out of this one! In as far as your spelling goes? Well I'll just let your post speak for itself (for you).
Me says – reply to this

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"Still, McBride admitted he would consider settling the matter out of court to avoid a costly legal battle."

"A settlement does not necessarily indicate an admission of copyright infringement."

She is guilty of nothing. I'm tired of the Avril bashing. Grow up!
Jill says – reply to this

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She is the one who sucks baad. Her music is so fucking annoyingly screechy, and has no talent. She and her loser husband what the fucks his name rot in hell I mean no talent. Obvious they come from money
Jill says – reply to this

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She is the one who sucks baad. Her music is so fucking annoyingly screechy, and has no talent. She and her loser husband what the fucks his name rot in hell I mean no talent. Obvious they come from money
Silly Susan says – reply to this

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I HATE AVRIL SOOO MUCH!!
Andria*-Lubonn says – reply to this

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FIRST!!
omg okay avril lavigne is the best singer/song writer ever dont be dissing her!!
and she didnt steal that song she wrote the words, maybe she stole the tune who knows but its no doubt that avril wrote that song HERSELF
duh says – reply to this

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Re: helen –

She's Canadian, not American
Brooklyn says – reply to this

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Sweety YOU'RE THE LOSER!! Because she's a poser and everyone sees through her, its pathetic how highly she thinks of herself as an artist knowing well her source of "inspiration" is copying from other original artist.
Losers says – reply to this

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Jeez, you guys are pathetic, instead of bashing someone who doesn't have "skills" why don't YOU become a singer or an actor? And show us how it's all done? Now go get a life.
meltz911 says – reply to this

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No surprise really, she settled on a no-talent troll for a husband and settled on a pop-tarted career for herself.
anon says – reply to this

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shes soo miserable- what is there to hate?
What?? says – reply to this

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"If you hate me, you're the loser, not me" ???

Geez, sorry Avril. I didn't realize that I'm not entitled to an opinion…..
Yumbles Yumbo says – reply to this

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Ya got to hand it to ol' Avril. Never in the history of mass culture has there been ANYONE whose looks & actions seem* so contrived, and so much a product of senseless hyperbole, as this densest of beeyotches. ("Seems, madam? Nay, it is. I know not seems." - Hamlet of course. Oh, wait, Avril will PROBABLY STEAL THAT LINE TOO! Everyone from Shakespeare on down should hide everything from their published texts to their journals to their shopping-at-Target lists with Avril on the prowl.)
John Poe says – reply to this

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is anyone surprised? It's been proved time after time that she steals her music. Quick hint to Avril, people who are innocent fight the charges til' the bitter end. She basically admitted to stealing…..LMAO!!!
barbie says – reply to this

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what peaches song did she steal?
barbie says – reply to this

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what peaches song did she steal?
The Creature from the Black Lavigne says – reply to this

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["If you hate me, you're the loser, not me" ] Well, dammit, I am the biggest loser in the world then. Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. The biggest. I admit it. (Kicks self.) "Ouch, take that, you loser, that THAT!" They don't make 'em any lower than this shrimpy, no-talent plagiarist who, when her 15 minutes are finally up, will never be thought of again.
alastair in chipping norton says – reply to this

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Re: barbie – That would be “I’m The Kinda” (a.k.a. AL's “I Don’t Have to Try”).
Dane says – reply to this

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Chick looks like a 12 year old girl who is trying to look like a combo of marilyn manson, britney spears (the blonde/thin version) and ashley simpson.

SHe's a f'n poser who tried to act all tough and punk. She's like a damn little chihuaua yapping and nipping at people's heels.

Go back to Canada! Cali has enough posers with fake blonde hair, too much damn make up and no talent. So when's the boob job and spray tan gonna happen lameass.

People don't like you because you don't give than anything TO like!
kjfh says – reply to this

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This bitch is a capital C-U-N-T!!! you think she would be greatful that anyone would want to buy her shit ass music. someone needs to give her a serious reality check- fucking shit on her chest and ass rape that hoooo
Jenni says – reply to this

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Okay my reason for hating avril is.. shes is completley up her own ass. She thinks shes a rock icon and all the girls wanna copy her style … well no, you see all the girls who used to copy her style have grew up and realised thats shes an immature pratt and has to grow fucking up! I'm fed up with listening to her squeal on about her wanting to piss off and wanting to be better than else's girlfriend……oki WE GET IT AND YOU'VE KILLED IT…. has she not noticed that the only people who sing her songs are FUCKING CHAVS!!!!!!! OH …………..SACK YOUR STYLIST YOU RUG MUNCHER!!!!
JBBB says – reply to this

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does anyone else notice that she has a muffintop??!
ewewqe says – reply to this

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HAHAAH 76/76 bad comment for this ugly cunt.

GO fuck yourself Avril, talentless bitch.
STUPID ASS WHITE GIRL! says – reply to this

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NO BITCH! YOUR THE LOSER…. FREAKING CRACK HEAD WHITE WHORE.
I LOVE YOU TOOOOO BITCHES says – reply to this

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WHO FUCKING CARES IF SHE DOESNT LIKE MEXICANS, BECAUSE MEXICANS DONT LIKE WHITE CRACK HEAD WHORES LIKE HER….. STUPID LITTLE BITCH NEEDS A COCK UP HER ASSHOLE….. SHE'S CALLING HER FANS LOSERS? SURE SOUNDS LIKE IT, BUT SHE HAD TO WRITE IT DOWN IN A DIFFERENT WAY.. WHATTA FREAKING BITCH.. BOOO HOOOOO WHORE.
dacoasterman says – reply to this

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compare her "skater boi" to Toby Keiths "how do you like me now". he should sue her. same story.
gossipmonger says – reply to this

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LMAO couldn't have happened to a nicer girl. Now who's the loser, THEIF!! HACK!! NO TALENT!! Can't write your own, you gotta buy it, BITCH!!
gossipmonger says – reply to this

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Re: Yumbles Yumbo – Well said, well stated!!! Hope the bitch doesn't read this, because you know she'll steal your shit.
FB says – reply to this

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I always thought that song was by the Ramones. Either way, when I first heard Avril's song, I was like…..hey that sounds like "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend". Either way, she sucks in my book.
Dav says – reply to this

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Looks like Britney isn't the only one with serious mental issuses. This bitch is seriously unstable.
Beauty_W_Brains says – reply to this

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My great grandmother is more punk rock than this chick! She really should just do us all a favor and kill herself.
meNYC says – reply to this

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The Rubinoos were great fun, and she totally ripped off their song. She's more of a bimbo than Britney!
cait says – reply to this

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this chick's a retard
heartsandstars says – reply to this

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Avril is the shit the music industry has tried to sell to the people that came after their other pop stars like Britney went down. Playing on the fact they thought the youth of today was all emo and into being rebellious and rocker like without actually having rock or originality, just being another poopy pop star dressed in faux punk clothes. But unlike her pop predecessors, theres nothing really interesting about Avril to grab people and make them interested in the shit she does or says.
Franky says – reply to this

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OK..let's make one thing clear…it's spelled Canada, or Canadian…

Candian would say she was sugar-coated..lol=)
sasha says – reply to this

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I don't know who Peaches is, but Avril's Girlfriend is totally stolen from Tony Basil's "Hey Mickey".
p says – reply to this

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avrils a douche

what does first mean?
Crap says – reply to this

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Man Americans are pathetic how they hate on each other especially celebs. No wonder your society is fucked up, Perez being the biggest fuck up of them all.
Viktoria says – reply to this

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Wow. Avril is the TRUE definition of a monkey cunt.
Get Real says – reply to this

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Perez plagerizes daily more than once and is currently being sued himself. Look in the mirror fat ass. You are the worst of the worst..
marla says – reply to this

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ok that song sounds nothing like avrils song… they probably just sued her because their old and they suck. they have no money left so hey, why not take avrils?
I hate the haters says – reply to this

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Funny how fat ass never posts the fact that Californation sounds just exactly like Tom Petty's Last Dance with Mary Jane. Man you are so full of shit. Your wole website is a sesspool of bullshit.
advil the gay says – reply to this

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MUFFIN TOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Malica says – reply to this

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sounds like the rubinoo-w/e's plagiarized the Ramones to me……
seriously…that's a Ramones song I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend.RAMONES.how lame of her to plagiarize an already plagiarized song.she's always been annoying.
Yeesh says – reply to this

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That old fugly band That which does not deserve to be named sounds like a rip off of the Archies and their lame song sounds nothing like Av's. Pigrez, you are the real thief. Shall we point out the several thngs you used today, this week, this month nevermind this year without permission and made revenus off of you pathetic hypocrite. Selling Help Britney shirts when you could careless one iota about her well being. You are a fat hypocritical sociopath who needs to be taken out. I am so sick of seeing you gross face even on my tv when you are whiring your lame crap out on mtv or on the view. Stop infecting what little is good in this world you parasite!

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