Robbie Williams and EMI demand damages from Finland's MTV3

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'28.10.2005 at 14:04

British pop singer Robbie Williams and EMI, his record company, are demanding compensation from MTV3, a Finnish television channel, for using one of Mr Williams's songs - Let Me Entertain You - in a television spot promoting Idols, a talent show.

Ilta-Sanomat, a Finnish tabloid, reported in its Friday edition that EMI Finland filed an action for damages at the Helsinki district court last week.

"We are demanding a total of 200,000 euros in compensation and damages for a copyright infringement. Both the artist and the record company are entitled to compensation," Tapio Susiluoto, a barrister for EMI, said in court Friday.

The defendants in the case are MTV3 and Kuubi, the advertising agency that created the spot. Fremantle Media, the London-based company that owns the Idols franchise, is not involved in the case.

"As I understand it the situation is a sum of many coincidences. No one had taken care of getting a permission to use Mr Williams's music. However, that permission would probably have been denied as Robbie Williams does not approve of the concept of the Idols competition," Mr Susiluoto added.

/STT/

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