INTERNATIONAL ARBITRAGE GROUP ESTABLISHED TO STUDY FACTS OF ARMENIANS’ APPROPRIATING AZERBAIJANI SONGS

Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
Aug 1 2007

Azerbaijan, Baku /corr. Trend Sh.Alizade / The World Trade Organization
(WTO) received a lawsuit from Azerbaijan regarding Armenia’s
appropriating the musical performance ‘Kor Arabin Mahnisi’ of the
Azerbaijani composer Fikret Amirov and the composition ‘Vokaliz’,
performed by the Azerbaijani singer Brilliant Dadashova.

An International arbitrage group has been established to consider the
case, said the Deputy Chairman of the State Agency for Protection of
Author Rights, Oktay Samadov.

Samadov said that he discussed this issue several days ago in the
WTO’s Geneva Office.

During the meeting, Samadov suggested supporting the conduct of meeting
of the WTO Department on Regulation of Spread of Audio and Video
Products in Baku. "The WTO approved the suggestion," Samadov said.