After making headlines earlier this year with his plagiarism case against mega-producer David Guetta, Daniel Baron and his legal team are now planning their next course of action to continue the copyright battle.
“We have taken the necessary steps in following through with the next phase of the legal procedure. We are currently in the process of putting together our international team,” Baron said.
Guetta’s local publisher, Geoff Paynter Music Publishing, confirmed that a letter of demand was sent to David Guetta last year.
“We confirm we received a letter of demand in December 2018 which was immediately forwarded to our sub-publisher principles. They confirmed that they, in turn, forwarded the correspondence to their publisher principles,” Geoff Paynter said in a statement.
READ: Daniel Baron embattled in legal battle against David Guetta for copyright infringement
Guetta’s royalties from the offending song remain frozen at SAMRO, and Baron has done all in his power to make contact with Guetta and to determine whether an amicable solution could be found to address the alleged copyright infringement of Baron’s hit song, Children of the Sun, however, no response has been received from Guetta.
Baron’s copyright lawyer, Stephen Hollis, said the days of South African artists being blatantly copied or ripped off without consequences by foreign artists are well and truly over.
“Copyright is protected internationally, and if we need to chase the infringer and sue him in a foreign jurisdiction to enforce Daniel’s copyright in his song and prevent further infringement, so be it,” Hollis said.
Baron said even though it hurts seeing someone copy his work without making contact and sampling it legally, it was incredible to see that massive international acts are inspired by local music.
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