The legal battle over who owns the copyright to the song “Disco Inferno” sounds more like a law school test question than reality.
It’s as if someone engineered the facts to create a handful of tricky questions.
It sounds like a law school hypothetical. Two men wrote a song and sold their rights. Now the copyright is up for renewal but, as the transfer owner starts the renewal process, one of the men dies -- after filing his own renewal paperwork. The second man is still alive, and claims their intent was to transfer all rights -- including renewal rights -- but the estate of the first man disagrees. Now what? This bizarre scenario will be decided as the case of the 1970s hit "Disco Inferno" goes to court.
July 12, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
The legal battle over who owns the copyright to the song “Disco Inferno” sounds more like a law school test question than reality.
It’s as if someone engineered the facts to create a handful of tricky questions.
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