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
Mike Smith (basketball, born 1963) Mike Smith (basketball, born 1963) Mikel Smith Gibbs (born 10 September 1963) is a retired American-Spanish professional basketball player. Born in New York City, Smith played college basketball for USC–Spartanburg, beginning in 1982. Smith played for twelve years in Spain, notably for Joventut Badalona and Real Madrid. He was the Spanish League's Finals MVP in 1992. With Joventut Badalona, he won the EuroLeague championship of the 1993–94 season, by winning the 1994 EuroLeague Final Four. During Smith's tenure playing professional club basketball in Spain, he acquired Spanish citizenship, and he played for the Spanish national team at two EuroBasket tournaments,