A Koforidua High Court has awarded singer Rex Omar GHc200,000 in damages after ruling that Joy Industries Limited infringed on his rights.
The legal battle that lasted fives years,started when Rex Omar sued the alcoholic beverage company for using his song without permission.
Rex Omar was also awarded GHc30,000 as cost by the Koforidua High Court.
The Chairman of the Ghana Music Rights Organization filed a suit against Joy Industries Limited in 2015 for using parts of his “Dada dida” song to promote and advertise their product, Joy Dadi Bitters’ without his consent.
He later secured an interlocutory injunction restraining Joy Industries Limited from using his works.
Later, the court ordered directors, officers, agents and servants of Joy Dadi Bitters to stop any electronic media from playing the commercial immediately, pending the final determination of the case.
