Deep Purple has performed in russia some time ago.
They have been fined by the court.
Why? They didnt license, the songs they are the owner of, to perform.
Thats why they will have to pay the fine to, Deep purple. Yep.
Excluded are the legal fees.
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irovsky district court in Rostov-on-Don ruled on 15 June decision that the group Deep Purple illegally performed their own works at the concert on 19 October last year in Rostov, the OpenSpace.ru with reference to "The Conference YurKluba.
According to the decision of the Kirov raysuda, the group Deep Purple are required to obtain a license for public performance of any of their songs in the public organization "Russian Authors' Society (RAO), as it represents the law in Russia abroad without their knowledge or consent.
According to the court, in each case bezdogovornogo use of the work the defendant must pay 450 thousand rubles, and also reimburse the cost of duty in the amount of 6100 rubles.
Moreover, as the "Vesti", incurred by the organizers of the money intended to pay RAO minus their commission of the same group Deep Purple, which is, in this case, the alleged victim.
Meanwhile, named in the court decision, the musicians do not transmitted RAO no copyrights and is not asked to protect them from themselves.