IMRO's High Court dispute with Forest Fest organisers resolved

Irish Music Rights Organisation sought injunction over claimed failure by organisers of this month's festival to obtain a licence allowing the performance of musical works for which it claimed it holds copyright

Philip Meagher of Forest Fest, which takes place in Co Laois from July 19 to 21. Picture: Alf Harvey

A High Court dispute between the body that administers the performing rights of copyrighted music in Ireland and the organisers of the Forest Fest music and arts festival due to take place in Co Laois later this month has been resolved.

The Irish Music Rights Organisation Company Ltd (IMRO) had sought an injunction over what it claimed was a failure by the organisers of Forest Fest to obtain a licence allowing certain musical works, which the plaintiff claimed it holds the copyright of, to be performed.