The Supreme Court ruled on the controversy surrounding music – RiksTV must pay

The verdict was sent to the Supreme Court on Wednesday after RiksTV appealed after losing the case, both in the district court and in court.

The conflict began in 2012 when the TONO advocacy organization filed a lawsuit against RiksTV, demanding that the distributor pay the rights to music rights on programs broadcast by foreign television channels.

– Huge relief

The stop concerns more than 20 television channels and, for several of them, the claim dates from 2009.

Channels include TV3, Viasat4, Five, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Disney Channel, National Geographic, The Voice, BBC World News and Eurosport.

The channels are sent from abroad and TONO thinks that RiksTV will pay a fee when the company distributes the items to its customers in Norway. That's what the Supreme Court accepted.

"We are, of course, very happy to have finally put an end to this case after six years in the judiciary, which is a relief," says TONO CEO Cato Strøm at NTB.

TONO has previously notified a separate claim for damages in the tens of millions of dollars if an enforceable verdict endorsed it.

"We have just had the end of the judgment, so we have not yet seen the premise that it contains.After the verdict, probably tomorrow, we will decide to go further. says Strøm.

millions Lawsuit

The Supreme Court also ruled that RiksTV should pay NOK 1.2 million to TONO.

"The only reaction we have now is that we are very disappointed to have received this verdict against us when we paid the broadcasters, who in turn paid the licensees," said Jérôme Franck-Sætervoll, CEO of RiksTV with a comment to Dagens Næringsliv.