ray charles family gains victory in rights dispute

[alocispepraluger102]

http://mediadecoder....ctory-in-court/

"A dispute between the children of Ray Charles and the foundation to which he left most of his money is the latest battleground in one of the entertainment industry’s most contentious issues: the “termination rights” that allow artists and their families to recover the copyrights to their work from third parties like record companies or publishers.

Last week a federal judge in California ruled that the Ray Charles Foundationcannot interfere with the efforts of seven of Charles’s 12 surviving children to recover the music publishing rights to about 60 of his classic songs, like “I Got a Woman,” “Hallelujah I Love Her So” and “Mary Ann.” The foundation, a nonprofit charitable organization founded by Charles in 1986, currently receives royalties on those songs."

Edited February 1, 2013 by alocispepraluger102

[king ubu]

heirs suck

"... the law gave rights to surviving family members of a deceased artist which cannot be superseded by any other agreement — including a will."

the law sucks, too - but in another way than heirs, which, I guess, are intended to suck, in some way ...

[alocispepraluger102]

the real winners are the charles family attorneys---their fees must be staggering.