THE TERM OF COPYRIGHT APPLIED TO DURAN DURAN'S CASE. PART II: THE COURT'S DECISION.
This post will continue to discuss the legal case in which British band Duran Duran has recently been involved, concerning their intent at recovering rights over their compositions in the period from 1980 to 1983. After setting the base for the case, now comes the time to comment of the Court's decision. The case has been decided by Judge Arnold in favour of the publisher (the Claimant) and against the band members (the Defendants) (1). His reasoning can be summarized as foll
THE TERM OF COPYRIGHT APPLIED TO DURAN DURAN'S CASE. PART I: THE CASE.
This brief series of posts will discuss a recent legal case concerning the recovery of copyright after having transferred them through the signing of a publishing agreement. This first part will present the recent case in which British band Duran Duran has been involved. Fragments from the original court's decision will be included to support key arguments. In the period from 1980 to 1983 Duran Duran entered a number of publishing agreements with Gloucester Place Music (at th
