LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy has spoken out about his legal fracas with Britney Spears.

After a fruitless attempt at collaborating with the US singer, James joked that he would sell Britney’s notebook on eBay, complete with notes and doodles from their writing session.

In a recent interview he said: “That was really funny. The Britney thing was a total joke. It’s true that she wrote stuff in a notebook. Her legal team attacked and immediately started sending me letters saying: ‘You don’t have a right to do that.’

“Holy crap, I’m a professional producer – I’m not going to sell something on eBay.”

By means of retaliation, James asked his advisors to make a similar threat and accuse Britney of vandalising his stationery.

He added: “I had my legal team tell her she defaced my property by writing in my notebook.

“We’ll see how that pans out. It’s still ongoing. It’s tied up in the courts. We’ll see who wins in the end.”