News: French Lawyer Wins Royalty Payments Case for 180 J'can Artistes

"A French lawyer who specialises in copyright issues has won more than euro1 million in royalties for 180 Jamaican artistes from two collection agencies that represent musicians in France.

News of the settlements between attorney Andre R Bertrand and ADAMI and SPEDIDAM was reported in the June 30 edition of French newspaper Le Monde.

"This sum is paid in lieu of the equitable remunerations due and payable to the Jamaicans featured for the broadcast of their recordings in France during the past several years," Le Monde reported. "Thus, the money allocated to each artiste under the settlement takes into account the number of albums and/or tracks recorded that have been exploited in France over these years.""

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