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Entertainment & Sports

Jan. 30, 2013

Ray Charles' children win copyright termination suit

Ray Charles' children have won control over the copyrights to 60 of the late, great soul singer's compositions.


By Jean Yung


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Ray Charles' children have won control over the copyrights to 60 of the late, great soul singer's compositions after a federal court ruled Monday that Charles' charitable foundation has no legal standing to challenge the heirs' copyright termination notices.


U.S. District Judge Audrey B. Collins in Los Angeles dismissed a lawsuit by the Ray Charles Foundation, which collects royalty chec...

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