Kirkorov's new scandal: plagiarism and extortion

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Philip Kirkorov is not in vain called the pop king of the national stage. The artist knows how to attract attention to himself, and rarely a year goes by without a loud scandal with his participation. Now the media and social networks are actively discussing the trial of Philip Bedrosovich and the leader of the French musical group Space Didier Marouani. Moreover, the scandal may reach the international level.

Once Kirkorov was almost mortally offended by the nickname "king of remakes." Therefore, when information appeared that Didier Marouani accused him of plagiarism, Philip Bedrosovich was furious.

First, the French artist demanded through the court to prohibit Kirkorov from performing the composition "Cruel Love", since the song, according to Marouani, is a reworking of the Symphonic Space Dream. Marouani also demanded compensation for damage related to copyright infringement in the amount of 75 million rubles.

Last week, the French musician flew to Moscow, according to the lawyer representing the interests of Marouani, Igor Trunov, Kirkorov accepted the claims and agreed to settle the matter with an amicable agreement. But later, representatives of the Russian pop king denied information about the agreement. “There was no copyright infringement, it was all invented in order to extract money from someone,” said Alexander Dobrovinsky, Kirkorov’s lawyer.

Moreover, the story took an unexpected turn - on the eve there were reports of the arrest of Marouani and Trunov by the police. Philip Bedrosovich accused them of extortion. Marouani refused to testify. Later, the musician was released, but today the police are waiting for him again.

Meanwhile, the scandal is being vigorously discussed on social networks, and many users openly ridicule Kirkorov: “Filya sang, he didn’t pay, but Didier planted everything,” “Kirkorov stole the song, and the author was detained for extortion. Epic "," Kirkorov still thinks that all the songs were stolen from him. Only the French began to extort a million”. Not without jokes. “Didier Marouani was detained on charges of extortion from Philip Kirkorov. Coming soon: Ozzy Osbourne was detained on charges of extortion from Mikhail Shufutinsky. Madonna was detained on charges of extortion from Alla Pugacheva.

Do you think Philip did the right thing?