Rapper Antokha MS was allowed not to pay compensation to the ex-producer for performing his songs

The Ninth Court of Appeal overturned the decision to recover compensation in the amount of 2.5 million rubles. from the rapper Antokha MS (Anton Kuznetsov) in favor of producer Eduard Shumeiko. Earlier in July, the musician was ordered to pay compensation to the ex-producer for the public performance of his songs. Antokha MS announced this on his Instagram (owned by the extremist and banned Meta).

“The troika of judges considered the case in detail and rightly overturned the decision of the court of first instance. The court took into account the fact that the producer did not fulfill the agreement on the transfer of rights, and the fact that the artist cannot be held liable for the performance of his own songs, which he transferred to the producer to develop his creative activity, ”the musician quotes the words of lawyer Anna Markelova in her social networks.

In November 2021, Antokha MS announced that he had lost the rights to his songs after he terminated the contract with producer Eduard Shumeiko. According to the agreement, Mr. Shumeiko received perpetual rights to songs and the creative pseudonym of the musician. The producer filed a lawsuit against Antokha MS, in which he demanded compensation for the performance of the songs. In July, the Moscow Arbitration Court ruled that the musician must pay compensation in the amount of 2.52 million rubles. in favor of Eduard Shumeiko.

Olesya Pavlenko