Aaliyah: Legal Dogfight Over Dead Singer's Music

Aaliyah's Name Still Being Thrown Around Court Room
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LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES: US recording artist Aaliyah arrives for the premiere of 'Romeo Must Die' 20 March 2000 in Los Angeles. Aaliyah makes her film debut in the martial arts action film with Hong Kong action film star Jet Li. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE) AFP PHOTO/Vince BUCCI/vb (Photo credit should read Vince Bucci/AFP/Getty Images)

Aaliyah's been dead nearly 12 years ... but a music publisher is still fighting over the rights to her songs, suing a record company for allegedly hawking bootleg Aaliyah jams on the Internet.

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