Britney Spears Blackout Cover Revealed, Perez Slapped with Copyright Lawsuit

October 12, 2007

Tired of reading about Britney Spears yet? Too bad! In today's troubled pop tart file, the official artwork for the weaved-one's forthcoming "comeback" album, Blackout, has been revealed, and Spears' record label, Zomba, has slapped Perez Hilton with a lawsuit for illegally posting leaked tracks from the disc.

On the cover of Blackout, a Photoshopped-to-the-hilt Spears is seen sporting a white fedora with a cascading brunette wig draped over her shoulder. Shockingly, the notorious cooch-flasher is relatively covered up, skipping her striperella wear for a sparkly, pink tank top. The tracklisting has also been revealed, and songs on the disc include first single "Gimme More," as well as such sure-to-be-classics as "Get Naked (I Got A Plan)," "Ooh Ooh Baby," "Perfect Lover" and "Freak Show." Classy!

Many of the songs have already made it online, most notably on perezhilton.com. But the scoop could cost Perez (real name Mario Lavandeira): today, Zomba dropped a lawsuit on the gossip blogger for obtaining and uploading at least 10 completed songs and incomplete demos from Blackout. The copyright infringement suit does not specify the monetary damages being sought, the World Entertainment News Network reports.

It's not the first time Perez has had trouble with the law: on Oct. 10, Perez was brought to court to appear on a $20 million defamation case stemming from posts he made claiming DJ Samantha Roson was responsible for the cocaine in Lindsay Lohan's DUI case. He's also raised the ire of several photo agencies for allegedly stealing their photos and has been served with numerous cease-and-desist letters. Paparazzi agency X17 also slapped him with a $7.5 million suit for copyright infringement last year.