67. Welcomes the findings of the Court of Auditors, in particular the fact that all the projects had positive results in one form or another, and that the majority had successful results under several headings; also notes that the projects were found to have benefited the local economy and/or helped to preserve elements of a region's cultural, historic, artistic or environmental heritage;

[6] In several instances courts have intervened to cast aside excessively harsh agreements, noting in particular the "immense inequality in bargaining power, negotiation ability, understanding and representation" between artists and professionals of the entertainment industries", Silvertone Records Limited v. Mountfield and Others, [1993] EMLR 152.

[9] This has led courts to conclude that artists such as the "Stone Roses" rock band or Elton John were insufficiently aware of the sometimes excessive deductions operated from the basis for calculating royalties, see Silvertone Records Limited v. Mountfield and Others, [1993] EMLR 152.

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