ARTICLE · 16 FEBRUARY 2018

Britney Spears Protected By Russian Court

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It seems that Britney Spears, when she recorded a phonogram of the song "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" never thought that one day she would be protected by Russian court.

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Vladimir Biriulin

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It seems that Britney Spears, when she recorded a phonogram of the song "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" never thought that one day she would be protected by Russian court. The rights for that song are owned by a US company Sony Music Entertainment, which licensed the rights to its offspring in Russia with the same name Sony Music Entertainment Ltd. This company has the rights for the song on the Russian territory and on the territory of the CIS countries. It monitored TV shows and noticed that TV channel "Friday" ran a show "Heads and Tails" dedicated to Shanghai. That show included the disputed phonogram. Besides, that show was also placed on the Internet at the address www.friday.ru. Sony Music Entertainment Ltd did not authorise broadcasting the song in that show and sued the TV channel.

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