Belgian wins plagiarism suit against Madonna: lawyer

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A Belgian songwriter has won a court
battle against pop star Madonna after accusing her of
plagiarising one of his songs for her 1998 hit single,
“Frozen,” his lawyer said on Friday.

Salvatore Acquaviva’s lawyer said a court in the southern
Belgian town of Mons had ordered the country’s music stores to
withdraw the record from their shelves within the next 15 days.

The court also ordered radio and television stations to
stop playing the song, he said.

“(They) cannot broadcast the work ‘Frozen’ … under pain
of a 150,000-euro fine,” he told the local radio network, RTBF.

It was not immediately clear if damages were awarded to
Acquaviva.

The single comes from Madonna’s “Ray of Light” album of the
same year.