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A Brussels court has ruled that Michael Jackson's 1995 hit You Are Not Alone is largely similar to a song penned by Belgian twins two years before.
All the authorial rights of the Jackson number one hit, written by US singer-songwriter R. Kelly, are switched to the brothers, according to the court ruling last week.
The twin composers have fought for 12 years to gain recognition for their work, however the judgment applies only in Belgium and getting hold of royalties may be no simple task.
You Are Not Alone was released in August 1995, the second single off the multi-platinum Jackson album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I. It became the first single to debut at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.
