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lars63 FuddyDuddy Joined: 14 May 2000 Posts: 5954	Posted: 01-19-2017 05:56 PM                  Sir Paul McCartney sues Sony over Beatles songs It could become one of the most important legal battles in music - Sir Paul McCartney is suing Sony over control of The Beatles' back catalogue. The star has gone to a US court, seeking to regain the publishing rights to 267 of the band's classic songs. He's been trying to get them back since the 1980s, when Michael Jackson famously out-bid him for the rights. Jackson's debt-ridden estate sold the songs to Sony last year, along with others including New York, New York. Sir Paul's legal case, filed in a Manhattan court on Wednesday, is over what is known as copyright termination - the right of authors to reclaim ownership of their works from music publishers after a specific length of time has passed. It was part of the US 1976 Copyright Act and, in recent years, performers like Prince, Billy Joel and Blondie have used it to regain control of their work. However, Duran Duran recently lost a similar case - when the British High Court ruled that the contracts they signed in the UK took precedence over their rights in the US. Read More: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38675147 _________________ Member: NAD&BTA Your Friendly Neighborhood Quake Addict
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SoM Your Other Daddy Joined: 03 Dec 1999 Posts: 20012	Posted: 01-19-2017 09:58 PM                  he'll win _________________ [WYD]SoM
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Whiskey 7 Just another Earthling Joined: 20 Jul 2001 Posts: 12931	Posted: 01-19-2017 11:10 PM                  SoM wrote: he'll win I was going to say good luck Paul and yes, I think he'll win this. _________________ Physicist of Q3W
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Doombrain Kempston Joy Joined: 11 Aug 2000 Posts: 48594	Posted: 01-20-2017 04:25 AM                    Fuck that guy. He's a class A scumbag.
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Eraser Cool #9 Joined: 01 Dec 2000 Posts: 44138	Posted: 01-20-2017 04:34 AM                    Doombrain wrote: Fuck that guy. He's a class A scumbag. Wrong thread viewtopic.php?f=1&t=52842
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lars63 FuddyDuddy Joined: 14 May 2000 Posts: 5954	Posted: 01-20-2017 04:59 AM                  Have to agree, I think he will win too _________________ Member: NAD&BTA Your Friendly Neighborhood Quake Addict
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Don Carlos Unquantifiable Abstract Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: 52133	Posted: 01-20-2017 07:16 AM                    Hope he wins
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Don Carlos Unquantifiable Abstract Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: 52133	Posted: 01-20-2017 07:40 AM                    I was also worried about that...didn't even open the thread before I checked the news
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plained plained Joined: 12 Jun 2002 Posts: 18772	Posted: 01-20-2017 07:56 AM                  sony got a killer deal on mj half of the catalog _________________ it is about time!
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plained plained Joined: 12 Jun 2002 Posts: 18772	Posted: 01-20-2017 08:01 AM                  not enough add bestalty! _________________ it is about time!
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lars63 FuddyDuddy Joined: 14 May 2000 Posts: 5954	Posted: 01-20-2017 08:40 AM                  Brian Epstein sure didn't know what he was talking about when he gave them this advice, I wonder how many times they thought about ruffing him up because of it, *grin* _________________ Member: NAD&BTA Your Friendly Neighborhood Quake Addict
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