Re: Death

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You've got a BIG mess on your hands. There are no quick or easy
answers. You need to get with an intellectual property attorney
ASAP.

On 4/30/05, Kendra wrote:
> On 4/30/05, Curmudgeon wrote:
>> That will depend on what the written agreement between the
>> parties says. If there is no written agreement, everyone is
>> looking at a major and probably expensive battle.
>>
>> On 4/30/05, Kendra wrote:
>>> In the case of a death. There are 3 authors copywriten to
>>> music. Who retaines the rights to the lyrics of that music
>>> when the vocalist is deceased?
>
> There was no written agreement just a copywright. The family
> wants to retain the rights to his music but they dont
> understand that Jason just wrote the lyrics and not the actual
> music. So under the copywright law the rest of the band should
> be protected with there roles in the group right?