Waits wins battle with VW-Audi

Gravel-voiced singer Tom Waits has triumphed in his court battle with Volkswagen-Audi, after the car firm hired an impersonator to sing one of his songs in a Spanish TV advert.

Yesterday Barcelona's Appeal Court ruled the car giant had breached Waits' copyright by hiring a soundalike singer to perform a version of Innocent When You Dream, with the lyrics slighted altered.