Toninho Geraes is unwell during a hearing with Adele’s record company to discuss alleged plagiarism

The singer accuses the British artist of having plagiarized the song “Women” during the composition of “Million Years Ago”; the meeting ended without agreement

The samba player Toninho Geraes fell ill during a conciliation meeting with representatives of Universal Music Publishing Brazilrecord label Adele in the country, this Thursday 19 The singer accuses the British artist of having plagiarized the song Womencomposed by Geraes and famous in the voice of Martinho da Viladuring the composition of the song Millions of years ago. When telling his version of events to the judge, the musician burst into tears.

“Adele and Greg Kurstinas well as Universal, have proposed a request asking the Judge to schedule an urgent conciliation hearing, before the break, to attempt an agreement”, he specified Fredímio Biasotto TrottaToninho’s lawyer, Estadao. “When we arrived in the hearing room, we noticed the absence of Adele, Kurstin and Beggars Group,” he revealed. Kurstin is co-composer of Millions of years ago AND Group of beggars is the British label responsible for the song.

According to the singer’s defense, the company has not made any settlement proposal. “If it wasn’t about making proposals, why did they ask for a hearing and force the author to appear?” he asked. According to the lawyer, a Sony representative was also present on site.

In total there were four hours of hearing and the British singer did not intervene, despite having the opportunity to participate in the meeting online. Again according to Biasotto Trotta, the defendants’ lawyers “held the hearing without a power of attorney for Adele, Kurstin and Mendicanti”. The documents were delivered only after the meeting began.

Now both sides are waiting for a music expert to evaluate the alleged plagiarism. The report will be produced by a professor from the National School of Music of the UFRJ. Toninho’s lawyer also specified that other measures will be taken due to irregularities in the prosecutor’s offices. “A lack of respect for the composer and for Brazilian justice itself,” he concluded.

Earlier this week, the Rio de Janeiro court ordered the removal of Adele’s song from all digital music platforms under penalty of a R$50,000 fine for improper use. However, the fine will only be enforced when music streaming platforms are notified of the legal action.

Universal Music then appealed the injunction. The conciliation meeting was hastily scheduled for the last day of the Forum’s activity, but no proposal for an agreement was received from the record company.

Source: Terra

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