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A judge has ordered an Adele song be pulled worldwide over a plagiarism claim made by a Brazilian composer.
The preliminary injunction by Brazilian judge Victor Torres in Rio de Janeiro's sixth commercial court on Friday, was made in relation to Adele's 2015 track 'Million Years Ago', which a composer claims plagiarises the song Mulheres, recorded by Brazilian singer Martinho da Vila in 1995.
The plagiarism case, which was brought in 2021 by the track's composer, is ongoing, but the injunction demands the song be pulled while it continues.
The injunction, according to reports citing global news agency AFP, orders the record labels to stop "immediately and globally, from using, reproducing, editing, distributing or commercializing the song 'Million Years Ago', by any modality, means, physical or digital support, streaming or sharing platform".
The reports say it threatens the Brazilian subsidiaries of Sony and Universal, the British pop star's labels, with a fine of $8,000 "per act of non-compliance".
Reporter, S. (2024, December 18). Brazilian judge orders Adele song pulled globally amid plagiarism suit. Macao News. https://macaonews.org/news/around-the-world/adele-million-years-ago-plagiarism-song/