Clive Palmer has been ordered to pay Universal Music $1.5m in damages over the “unauthorised” use of a version of the hit 1980s song We’re Not Gonna Take It by glam metal band Twisted Sister in a political ad. But the trial also heard a representative for Palmer had originally sought copyright approval from Universal before baulking at the $150,000 fee. “I do not accept that Mr Palmer honestly believed at any relevant time that his use of the copyright works was lawful,” she wrote in the judgment. Katzmann ordered Palmer and his United Australia Party to pay Universal a total of $1.5m plus interest and costs, as well as permanently restraining him from reproducing the song. She also ordered Palmer and his representatives to remove all versions of the song and accompanying video from the internet.

Source: The Guardian April 30, 2021 01:35 UTC