Famous chanson does not want to sound inthe tube

Sun, 04 Dec 2016

Popular singer Viktor Balakirev, who sings songs in
chanson style, filed a lawsuit in Moscow’s Taganrog court demanding
pay him 400 thousand rubles. The singer considers his offender
MTS, which, without his knowledge, used the works
singer as a phone call. Claim drawn up by 8
songs from the repertoire of the performer, who at one time were very
are popular.

As stated in the lawsuit, in 2010, MTS illegally used these
songs by offering users to pay money for
set them to beep or as ringtone. At the same time
the moment the company no longer had permission to use the data
compositions – previously the singer recalled him. In 2010 he already had
A contract has been concluded with RAO – the Russian Authors’ Community, which
helps musicians to defend the rights to their works. So
There was no way between the MTS and the chansonnier.
contracts for the use of songs, and operator actions are considered
nothing but piracy. The singer asked to consider not only
financial, but also moral damage, which caused him like
company actions. As a result, the damage was estimated at 400,000 rubles, to that
the losing party will have to pay court costs.

By the way, now Balakirev is not as popular as in the old days.
He began his solo career 10 years ago, and before that he performed
producer of the famous group “Chi-Li”, which has a lot of hits.
Balakirev often participated in international competitions and
charity events.

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