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The vallenato environment is shocked by conviction for copyright infringement that was imposed on him to the singer Nelson Velasquez, who was a member of Los Inquietos del Vallenato.
And it is that, this Wednesday, A criminal judge in Medellin sentenced the artist to four years in prison after being found guilty of violate copyright and related rights for continuing to perform the group’s songs without authorization after his departure from the group.
The decision even took the singer himself by surprise, that at the time when his sentence was announced he was in an interview with a media outlet in which, without referring directly to his legal situation, he hinted at his first reaction after the judge’s ruling.
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It was the artist himself who shared a fragment of the interview on his social networks. In the section he was asked: “Is Nelson around for a while?”, to which the vallenato singer responded:
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“Totally. Very happy, thrilled, I’m going all out. We will always fight, we will continue working, we will continue showing our music,” said the singer. in the post shared on Instagram.
And he added: “No one, only God, the day he takes my life, or the day he wants to take me, or the day something happens to me, or that he says ‘this is it, come here’. There is nothing else. Nelson for a while, we are happy, we are working, there will be Nelson for a while with our music And of course, with all our followers who follow us with all their hearts, we will achieve it, and of course with the hand of God.”
In addition to what could be his first reaction, Velasquez also shared a video on Instagram of his father, Aníbal Velásquez, in which he revealed details of how his son received the sentence.
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“I just spoke to Alex Díaz –his manager–, they are going to Cancún (Mexico). Nelson is calm and, well, they failed there. Nelson has his lawyer, they are going to appeal the decision. And then I started to draw conclusions. There will be no one left unchecked here,” the singer’s father commented.
In addition to the prison sentence, Velásquez will have to pay a fine of 26 current monthly minimum wages, which is equivalent to approximately $20,800,000.
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Despite the conviction, the court granted Velásquez a conditional suspension of the execution of the sentence. This means that the singer will not go to prison and has a probationary period of 48 months. However, during this time, The artist must comply with conditions established by the judge to avoid serving a prison sentence.
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