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Panayiotou and others v. Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. ([1994] ChD 142) was a contract and entertainment law case before the High Court of Justice's Chancery Division. The plaintiff, entertainer George Michael, argued that his recording contract constituted an unreasonable restraint of trade. Michael alleged that the defendant had failed to promote his album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 with due vigour as punishment when the artist decided to downplay his status as a sex symbol. Michael described his situation as "professional slavery" because his contract required that he produce music and cede the copyright to Sony for many years, leaving him no control over how the music would be marketed nor placing a reciprocal requirement that the label invest in promotion. Had the case succe

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  • El caso judicial George Michael Vs Sony de 1993 surgió con una demanda presentada contra la compañía discográfica Sony por George Michael, popular cantautor inglés que toca influencias del pop, soul, y quien había disfrutado de un éxito fenomenal mundial desde la década de 1980, como miembro del dúo Wham! y después como solista. (es)
  • Panayiotou and others v. Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. ([1994] ChD 142) was a contract and entertainment law case before the High Court of Justice's Chancery Division. The plaintiff, entertainer George Michael, argued that his recording contract constituted an unreasonable restraint of trade. Michael alleged that the defendant had failed to promote his album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 with due vigour as punishment when the artist decided to downplay his status as a sex symbol. Michael described his situation as "professional slavery" because his contract required that he produce music and cede the copyright to Sony for many years, leaving him no control over how the music would be marketed nor placing a reciprocal requirement that the label invest in promotion. Had the case succeeded, it might have curtailed the practice of signing artists to multi-album contracts. The court wholly rejected the claims. (en)
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  • El caso judicial George Michael Vs Sony de 1993 surgió con una demanda presentada contra la compañía discográfica Sony por George Michael, popular cantautor inglés que toca influencias del pop, soul, y quien había disfrutado de un éxito fenomenal mundial desde la década de 1980, como miembro del dúo Wham! y después como solista. (es)
  • Panayiotou and others v. Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. ([1994] ChD 142) was a contract and entertainment law case before the High Court of Justice's Chancery Division. The plaintiff, entertainer George Michael, argued that his recording contract constituted an unreasonable restraint of trade. Michael alleged that the defendant had failed to promote his album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 with due vigour as punishment when the artist decided to downplay his status as a sex symbol. Michael described his situation as "professional slavery" because his contract required that he produce music and cede the copyright to Sony for many years, leaving him no control over how the music would be marketed nor placing a reciprocal requirement that the label invest in promotion. Had the case succe (en)
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  • George Michael vs Sony (es)
  • Panayiotou v. Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (en)
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