John Lewis pledges donation after 'copying' song in festive advert'
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msn.comLewis has pledged to make a substantial donation to charity after being accused of copying folk duo's version of the song used in its Christmas advert.
Bosses at the retailer agreed to donate an undisclosed sum after a plagiarism row threatened to undermine its festive ad campaign.
It comes after The Portraits, a husband-and-wife duo from Somerset, won support from a Pink Floyd lawyer. Musicians Lorraine and Jeremy Millington claimed the version of the 1985 hit Together in Electric Dreams used in this year's John Lewis campaign - which tells the story of a boy who befriends an alien - is 'near identical' to the stripped-back arrangement they released last year for charity.
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