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| From | "Andrew Hickey" <stealthmunchkin@lycos.co.uk> |
| Subject | Re: Copyright |
| Date | Tue, 9 Sep 2003 08:15:39 +0100 |
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> There are countless famous accounts of copyright trials. Members of
> the Beatles were a very famous target for one. Chuck Berry sued John
> Lenon for ripping off one of his songs on "Come Together" and won. The
> settlement was unusual and suggested by Berry. He had John promise to
> cover several Berry songs on a record, hence the Rock and Roll record
> he did soon after. Good business for Berry and I'm sure John was
> happy to do it.
Not quite correct - the settlement was actually that Lennon would perform a
certain number of songs owned by Berry's *publisher* Arc Music (owned by
Morris Levy) - Ya Ya was also owned by Arc, and indeed Lennon put that on
Walls & Bridges before Rock & Roll came out as a show of faith. I'm pretty
sure Lennon suggested the deal, rather than anyone else...
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