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The singer Conrad confirmed, in an exclusive interview with the column, that he entered with a lawsuit involving the TV Globo and the company RA Renato Aragão Artistic Productionsresponsible for managing the construction work The Trapalhões.
According to the artist, he never received amounts relating to image or copyright rights by the reruns of the comedy shown on the old Viva channel — today Globoplay Novels — nor for the versions currently available on the Globoplay.
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Link was with the producer, says singer
Conrado affirms that, between 1990 e 1994during which he joined the cast of The Trapalhões, did not have a direct contract with Globobut with the company Renato Aragão. He says he only became aware of this contractual structure years later.
“I didn’t know that. The contract was for Renato Aragão lending Conrado to Rede Globo. I had invitations to go to Globo, but I preferred to stay with The Trapalhõesout of honesty with whoever put me there, which was Renato”, he stated.
Survey indicates around 240 episodes
According to the singer, his lawyers identified around 240 episodes of the program currently available on Globoplay. Conrado plans to appear in approximately 80% of this material.
The legal team analyzed the exposure timeparticipations and relevance of appearances, data that were included in the process that discusses the payment of copyrights.
It would be the responsibility of the producer
Conrado stated that he has not yet had formal access to Globo’s response, but understands that the responsibility for payment it wouldn’t be from the broadcasterbut rather from the production company linked to Renato Aragão.
“Whoever would have had to negotiate was who the artist belonged to. Before putting the rerun on the air, they would have had to negotiate with me. My contract was with Renato Aragão, not with Globo”, he declared.
The singer reinforced that never been approached to negotiate valueswhether for reruns on TV or for viewing on streaming platforms.
Attempt to reach an agreement before court
According to Conrado, he tried to resolve the situation outside the Judiciary and even sought Lilian Aragãowife of Renato Aragão, but received no response. As a result, he decided to take legal action.
The process requests payment of R$ 100 thousand in copyrightsreferring to reruns of The Trapalhões displayed between 2017 and the present.
Source: Exclusive interview
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