The Black Keys have settled a legal claim against
Pizza Hut and DIY chain Home Depot for copyright infringement.
The US rock duo
sued both companies in June, saying their songs had been used in TV adverts
without their permission.
The band had
claimed their song Gold on the Ceiling was improperly used to sell pizza, while
Lonely Boy had been in a commercial for power tools.
Both companies
denied copying the songs and details of the settlement were not disclosed.
Original court
filings by the band said the adverts were "a brazen and improper effort to
capitalise on plaintiffs' hard-earned success".
Producer Brian
Burton, better known as Danger Mouse, also sued the companies.
Lawyers for the
band told a federal judge in Los Angeles of the Pizza Hut settlement on Monday.
The settlement
agreement with Home Depot was reached earlier this month.
Both songs
appeared on the group's seventh album, El Camino, which was released last year
and has sold more than a million copies.
Pizza Hut and
Home Depot have not commented on the settlement.
Source: BBC
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