ABC News: Nick Haggarty
)Clive Palmer has been ordered to pay $1.5 million in damages for copyright infringement over his political rendition of the metal track We're Not Gonna Take It.
The businessman and former politician was sued by Universal Music after he used rewritten lyrics in a version of the Twisted Sister song in saturation advertising for his United Australia Party in 2019.
Despite first seeking a licence to use the 1984 track before abandoning negotiations due to the price, Mr Palmer claimed his lyrics came to him while contemplating the federal election.
www.twistedsister.com
)In the Federal Court, Justice Anna Katzmann today found Mr Palmer had infringed the copyright of both the musical and literary work of the original track.
In addition to awarding $1.5 million in damages against Mr Palmer, she also ordered him to pay costs and to remove all copies of his song and the accompanying video from the internet.
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