Panayiotou v Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd the copyright to Sony for many years, leaving him no control over how the music would be marketed nor placing a reciprocal requirement that the label invest in promotion. Had the case succeeded, it might have curtailed the practice of signing artists to multi-album contracts. The court wholly rejected the claims. Georgios Panayiotou, known professionally as George Michael, signed with Innervision Records in 1982 at the age of eighteen as part of the then relatively unknown pop duo Wham!. Innervision were distributed by CBS Records. In 1984 this contract was nullified as part of a legal compromise wherein Wham! were
Georgios Avlonitis in this post for three years, retiring on 25 January 2007 with the rank of Air Chief Marshal. Georgios Avlonitis Air Chief Marshal Georgios Avlonitis (, born 24 January 1950) is a retired Greek Air Force officer and former Chief of the Air Force General Staff. Avlonitis was born in Athens on 24 January 1950. He entered the Hellenic Air Force Academy in 1969 and graduated on 6 August 1973. He served in several command and staff positions, both in the Greek armed forces and in NATO. He served as Chief of the Air Force Training Command before being promoted