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Court Orders Removal Of Adele’s Song From Streaming Platforms

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A Brazil court has ordered that a song by British singer, Adele, be removed from radio and all streaming platforms globally over alleged copyright.

The judge, Vitctor Torres gave the judgment after a Brazil local composer, Toninho Geraes accused Adele of copying works from his 1995 album.

Toninho Geraes claimed that Adele’s 2015 song ‘Million Years Ago’, was copied from his 1996 classic, ‘Mulheres’, sung by Martinho da Vila, a Brazilian singer.

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Geraes is suing for lost royalties, demanding $160,000 in moral damages, and wants a songwriting credit on Adele’s song.

The court also threatened Brazilian subsidiaries of Sony and Universal with $8,000 fine “per act of non compliance”.

In other news, Iranian authorities have arrested a female singer who performed a virtual concert on YouTube, a lawyer said.

Milad Panahipour, an Iranian lawyer, said Parastoo Ahmady, 27, was arrested in Sari City, capital of the northern province of Mazandaran, on Saturday.

On Thursday, the judiciary had filed a case regarding Ahmady’s concert performance, in which she performed wearing a long black sleeveless and collarless dress, but no hijab. She was accompanied by four male musicians.

Ahmady had posted her concert on YouTube the day before, saying: “I am Parastoo, a girl who wants to sing for the people I love. This is a right I could not ignore; singing for the land I love passionately.”

The online concert has been viewed more than 1.4 million times.

Panahipour told The Associated Press: “Unfortunately, we do not know the charges against Ms. Ahmady, who arrested her, or her place of detention, but we will follow up on the matter through legal authorities.”

 

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