Waits Settles With GM
01/26/07
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(E!) Tom Waits has settled a lawsuit filed against the German division of General Motors and its ad agency, which he accused of hijacking his trademark sound for a series of overseas car commercials.The suit, filed in September 2005 in Frankfurt, named the auto manufacturer's Opel unit and the McCann Erickson agency for using what he deemed a "perfect impersonation" of his distinctive growl in a series of ads earlier that year. [see full story for more] - Click here for the Full Story
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