7 Artists Who Have Fought for Ownership of Their Music
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7 Artists Who Have Fought for Ownership of Their Music
in reading the section in The Beatles, I want to update on publishing ownership, McCartney’s MPL along with Lennon’s Lenono owns the following copyrights
LOVE ME DO
PS I LOVE YOU
PLEASE PLEASE ME
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET
ASK ME WHY
And MPL owns half of TWIST AND SHOUT
And capturing continues ... slow pace .... but continues with more to transfer.
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“After decades of drama surrounding the rights to their masters, McCartney filed a lawsuit in 2017 in hopes of regaining some of the band’s earliest works under the US Copyright Act of 1976, which allows artists to reclaim copyright from publishers after 35 years.”
I thought it was 55 years? So in 2018, he could get back songs from 1963.
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Nancy R wrote:
“After decades of drama surrounding the rights to their masters, McCartney filed a lawsuit in 2017 in hopes of regaining some of the band’s earliest works under the US Copyright Act of 1976, which allows artists to reclaim copyright from publishers after 35 years.”
I thought it was 55 years? So in 2018, he could get back songs from 1963.
Well, he got three back recently. Waiting on
THERE’S A PLACE
I SAW HER STANDING THERE
and that completes the “Please Please Me” album of McCartney/Lennon only
Next! WITH THE BEATLES and songs that where later found on “Past Masters” released in 1963.
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Nancy R wrote:
“After decades of drama surrounding the rights to their masters, McCartney filed a lawsuit in 2017 in hopes of regaining some of the band’s earliest works under the US Copyright Act of 1976, which allows artists to reclaim copyright from publishers after 35 years.”
I thought it was 55 years? So in 2018, he could get back songs from 1963.
The next song added to the MPL/Lenono family of ownership
I'LL BE ON MY WAY (McCartney/Lennon), a big hit by Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas
