The owners of OK! magazine, Northern & Shell, are suing EMAP's Heat over allegations it infringed their copyright on an exclusive interview that they had paid handsomely for with Britney's recently pregnant younger sister Jamie Lynn Spears. The OK! owners, who secured the Spears Junior exclusive via its US title, say Heat quoted extensively from their interview in its own piece on her pregnancy, without crediting the source. The OK! bosses were also pissed off that Heat billed the uncredited article as an "exclusive".
Heat, currently being acquired by German publisher H Bauer through their acquisition of EMAP's consumer titles, are yet to respond to the allegations.