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Article: Frank Zappa's Family is Relieved That the Trial is Over: Retailer Who Used Zappa's Music Without Permission Issues Apology to the Zappa Family.
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- January 13, 2004
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Entertainment Editors/Business Editors
QUEBEC CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 2004
Gail Zappa, widow of legendary musician and composer Frank Zappa, in Quebec City for a trial in Federal Court against retailer Ameublements Tanguay Inc., expressed relief that the company issued a formal apology to the Zappa family and that she now has a judgment declaring that the company infringed on the copyrights and moral rights to Frank Zappa's music. The Quebec-based chain took one of Zappa's signature Guitar pieces "Watermelon in Easter Hay" and used it without consent as background music for furniture and appliance commercials in 1995.
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