This defense raises some interesting stakes for Universal because should the court invalidate the copyright registrations, Universal would not be able to obtain statutory damages under federal copyright law. The revisions set the term of a copyright at 35 years, after which the rights would revert to the original author.
Musicians view themselves as analogous to book authors who are able to regain rights in their works.
All Rights Reserved. LLP documents available from this web site. Please refer to our Disclaimer .