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Robbie Williams wins lyrics battle

12 April 2012

Robbie Williams today won a High Court battle over his use of lyrics from another composer's song, his record company claimed.

EMI said Williams had successfully fought off an attempt by a US music publisher to recover more income from the song Jesus In A Camper Van.

Williams had faced a demand for "punitive" damages in the wake of a court ruling that the track, which he co-wrote for his second album, contained "substantial" copying from an earlier lyric.

In October 2000, the High Court held that the song, co-written with Guy Chambers for the album I've Been Expecting You, was a breach of copyright in the legendary Woodie Guthrie song I Am The Way and in an adaptation of the song by Loudon Wainwright III.

Mr Justice Pumfrey was giving his ruling today on the amount of compensation to be awarded to the copyright holders, New York-based Ludlow Music, against Williams, Chambers, and the singer's record and publishing companies.

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