25-year-old royalties due?
And we’re not talking about the Queen’s Royal Family. A group of 23 students is suing Pink Floyd over unpaid royalties to the song Another Brick In The Wall. The album sold more than 12 million copies. The students’ chorus:
We don’t need no education,
we don’t need no thought control,
no dark sarcasm in the classroom-
teachers leave them kids alone
justifies royalties for the record, radio airtime, and any other licensed use. Read more at www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/articles/14980155?source=Evening%20Standard.
What baffles me, though, is how a 25 year old song can have disputed royalties. It’s like a hand is reaching from the past to pull back Pink Floyd. Isn’t there a statue of limitations for copyright infringement?
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