Avril Lavigne denies plagiarism claim (AP)

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Actress-musician Avril Lavigne poses during a photo call at the 59th International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on  May 21, 2006. Lavigne has denied a claim by members of a 1970s rock band that her hit song 'Girlfriend' rips off one of their songs. Terry McBride, Lavigne's manager, said in a statement Monday July 9, 2007,  that 'upon the expert opinion of the country's foremost musicologists, there is no basis' for the allegations.   (AP Photo/Francois Mori)AP - Avril Lavigne has denied a claim by a member of a 1970s rock band that her hit “Girlfriend” rips off one of his tunes - Avril Lavigne has denied a claim by a member of a 1970s rock band that her hit “Girlfriend” rips off one of his tunes. Songwriters Tommy Dunbar and James Gangwer allege in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco that Lavigne and her co-writers lifted their 1979 song, “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend.”

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