Athos Poma and Giuseppe Fedi received around �185,000 in royalties after they exploited a flaw in the Italian Society Of Authors And Publishers' (ISAP) computer system which meant composers of many popular songs were not properly registered.

The pair claimed rights to 220 songs between 2006 and 2008, including Paul McCartney's My Love, Tom Jones' Sex Bomb, Queen's Liar, Radiohead's All I Need and People Are Strange by The Doors. McCartney dedicated My Love to his late wife Linda.