Tuesday, 13 August 2013

PAUL GAINING RIGHTS TO BEATLES MUSIC IN 2018, 2019


Paul could reclaim the copyrights to a cache of his most famous tunes, but he’ll have to wait five years to do so.
Copyright laws allow songwriters to regain control of their pre-1978 compositions after 56 years. That means Paul could control his Beatles songbook from 1962 (like “Love Me Do” and “P.S. I Love You”) in 2018 and an even bigger cache of tunes released in 1963, (“I Saw Her Standing There,” “Please Please Me,” and “Do You Want to Know a Secret’” among them) in 2019. Paul will be 76 in 2018.

The Beatles broke up in 1970. Michael Jackson and Sony/ATV Music Publishing later bought up a huge chunk of the group’s music.
Paul is worth nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars. He recently re-recorded “Mother Nature’s Son,” which was released on the White Album in 1968.
The Recording Industry Association of America reports The Beatles sold 177 million “units” in the United States and more than 1 billion worldwide, making them the best-selling band in history.
Paul told that he’ll be happy to get what should rightfully be his.
“You know what doesn’t feel very good is going on tour and paying to sing all my songs. Every time I sing ‘Hey Jude’ I’ve got to pay someone,” he said.

1 comment:

  1. That was SO low that MJ did that... Could have given Paul a 'heads up'.. so he would have the opportunity buy his OWN music. Greed plain and simple.

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