2 Live Crew’s termination rights dispute discussed in court
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completemusicupdate.comAn ongoing termination rights dispute between Lil Joe Records and the 2 Live Crew got a hearing in the American courts last week.
A key part of the dispute centres on whether or not bankruptcy proceedings that took place in the mid-1990s impact the rights of each 2 Live Crew member to reclaim copyrights in their old recordings.
Both parties agreed that’s a question that hasn’t been answered in court before.The music under dispute here was originally released by Luke Records, the label run by 2 Live Crew member Luther Campbell.
Those recordings were then acquired by Lil Joe Records – along with other copyrights and trademarks controlled by the group – in 1996 when both Campbell and Luke Records went bankrupt.
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