Sony Music Entertainment Inc. filed copyright infringement counterclaims against artists litigating to reclaim rights to their work in New York federal court.
Creators can terminate any post-1978 rights assignments 35 to 40 years after execution under a law designed to let them reclaim works whose value wasn’t realized at the time of the deal.
John Lyon and Paul Collins, plaintiffs accusing Sony of ignoring their termination rights, infringed Sony’s music copyrights on their work without waiting for the court to rule on their “ineffective” termination notice, Sony alleged.
Sony’s counterpunch escalates a fight positioned to test the boundaries of when ...
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