Perspective
Jun. 12, 2012
'YMCA’ co-author breaks new ground for unexpected reasons
The court's ruling effectively permits co-authors to dispute each other's copyright interests more than 35 years after the fact. By Robert A. Jacobs of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
When a federal judge recently ruled that Victor Willis, the former lead singer of the Village People, had the right to terminate his grant of copyright interests in a number of jointly-authored songs recorded by the group, both the music industry and the copyright world were abuzz with speculation about what might happen next with joint work terminations. Would every songwriter from the late 1970's try to recapture the copyright interests ...
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