COUNTRY MUSIC CLASSICS
Q & A
February 25th, 2012
QUESTION: There was something on the TV news about a lawsuit involving Roger Miller's songs. Do you know what that's about?
ANSWER: The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Sony/ATV Music Publishing owns the renewal copyrights to the Roger Miller songs published in 1964. Federal courts have already ruled that Sony owns the rights to Miller's songs published from 1958 to 1963.The decision struck down a lower court's ruling in widow Mary Miller's favor. Roger Miller left a will that stated that his widow was entitled to the rights to his work. But before he died he had assigned copyrights to his music to Sony.
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This day in 1949 - - Hank William's "Lovesick Blues" was released by MGM. It went to #1 and stuck there for 16 weeks. It was his 5th charted song and his first number one. The single was on the charts for 42 weeks.
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