Azerbaijan intends to file suit against U.S. company and Armenian producers

ArmInfo
2007-09-21 16:22:00

The Azerbaijani embassy in Russia has issued a press release, which
reads that the melody of the song "Sene de Galmaz" by Azerbaijani
composer Tofig Guliyev was used on September 15 on ORT television
channel in the program "Glacial Period." The song accompanied the
dance of figure-skaters Sasha Savelyeva and Alexander Sakhnovskii
under the name "Armenian Dance," causing indignation of the
Azerbaijani community. Right after the program the Azerbaijani embassy
in Russia received many calls and letters. Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to
Russia Polad Bulbuloglu
contacted the main trainer for the program Alexander Zhulin, an
honored master of sports, and European and World Figure Skating
Champion, and expressed his indignation. Alexander Zhulin said he
event was an unfortunate misunderstanding and expressed his regret. He
explained that the melody used for the dance was offered to him by
people working under him and was taken from the disk published in
America in 1999. The name of the Armenian composer, conductor and
performer Ara Gevorkian is written on the cover of disk "ANI." The
disk contains ten melodies. The fifth one named "ARZAKH" was used by
Zhulin for the dance. It is written on the cover of the disk that it
was issued in U.S. in 1999 by EYE Records Company. The embassy claims
that Azerbaijani official agencies and Tofig Guliyev’s heirs have
legal grounds to file a suit against American Eye Records Company and
producers Ara Gevorkian and Sarkis Berberian for violation of
copyright.