Tom Waits sues Opel and McCann Erickson
In connection with several commercials, singer Tom Waits has filed a civil lawsuit in Germany against the automaker Opel and its advertising agency, McCann Erickson.
The singer and songwriter Tom Waits has
Germany filed a civil suit against the car manufacturer Adam Opel AG and its
advertising agency McCann Erickson, as the lawyer for the
Stars announced in a press release. The company had used several commercials whose acoustic background music
consists exclusively of a singing voice that is similar to that of the musician.
is confusingly similar. Waits, who is responsible for the fundamental rejection
is known for every commercial use of his music, has been nominated several times for the
campaign and had declined. In the statement of claim of the
Berlin-based law firm Spieß & Schumacher will be
stated that the defendants thereupon without further ado
voice impersonator. Back in April of this year
Waits addressed his fans in a press release, of whom
many had mistaken the voice double for the original and for whom
Confusion prevailed. Opel's parent company General Motors responded
responded with a press release stating, among other things, that the
never thought of Waits at all or even intended to use his voice.
to use. The commercials produced in Germany were produced around the
The series was broadcast in Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway at the turn of the year.
Germany filed a civil suit against the car manufacturer Adam Opel AG and its
advertising agency McCann Erickson, as the lawyer for the
Stars announced in a press release. The company had used several commercials whose acoustic background music
consists exclusively of a singing voice that is similar to that of the musician.
is confusingly similar. Waits, who is responsible for the fundamental rejection
is known for every commercial use of his music, has been nominated several times for the
campaign and had declined. In the statement of claim of the
Berlin-based law firm Spieß & Schumacher will be
stated that the defendants thereupon without further ado
voice impersonator. Back in April of this year
Waits addressed his fans in a press release, of whom
many had mistaken the voice double for the original and for whom
Confusion prevailed. Opel's parent company General Motors responded
responded with a press release stating, among other things, that the
never thought of Waits at all or even intended to use his voice.
to use. The commercials produced in Germany were produced around the
The series was broadcast in Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway at the turn of the year.
