THE BIG STORY: It’s most likely the place this was headed all alongside. Songwriter Cyril Vetter’s much-discussed authorized battle over copyright termination reached the U.S. Supreme Court docket final week, setting the stage for a possible industry-shaking showdown.
In a strongly worded petition, the most important music firms urged the justices to sort out a January ruling that stated artists can use termination to regain not solely their American copyrights, but in addition abroad rights to the identical songs. Repped by SCOTUS heavy Paul Clement, the labels stated it was a “profoundly incorrect” resolution that might trigger “chaos” for the music enterprise.
“In a single stroke, the choice beneath unsettled 50 years of {industry} follow,” Clement wrote. “[It] instantly calls into query the scope and which means of numerous negotiated agreements backed by billions of {dollars}.”
For extra, go learn your complete story right here, together with entry to the precise petition for writ of certiorari. And keep tuned at Billboard for updates on whether or not the excessive court docket takes the case, and what it is going to imply for the {industry}.
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