"Whiter Shade of Pale" Decision Overturned
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firstbassman
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phlemmy
Re: "Whiter Shade of Pale" Decision Overturned
Ridiculous. There should be a statute of limitations on that.Fisher filed his claim to joint ownership nearly 40 years after the song was recorded in 1967.
Re: "Whiter Shade of Pale" Decision Overturned
Common sense prevailed obviously. Since when does an arrangement become the basis of a songwriter credit? If this case had gone the other way in terms of a judgement, imagine what the former pianist and road manager's estate could elicit from the Rolling Stones. Ian Stewart contributed a lot to their sound and their arrangements.
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Re: "Whiter Shade of Pale" Decision Overturned
Agreed!!! How did it get to that first level of litigation is beyond me. And I though our court system here in the USA was out of controlphlemmy wrote:Ridiculous. There should be a statute of limitations on that.Fisher filed his claim to joint ownership nearly 40 years after the song was recorded in 1967.
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