Clive Palmer hit with $1.5M in damages for ‘contemptuous’ infringment of Twisted Sister anthem

Intellectual Property 2021-04-30 10:23 am By Miklos Bolza | Sydney

A judge has ordered mining magnate Clive Palmer to pay damages of $1.5 million to Universal Music for his “contemptuous” behaviour in infringing “substantial parts” of Twisted Sister’s 1985 heavy metal hit ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ in advertisements for his political party.