After half a century of legal wrangling, rocker John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival fame said that he owns a majority stake in his songs again. | AFP
When CCR split in the early 1970s, Fogerty grew overwhelmingly exasperated with Fantasy, but couldn’t get out of his contract without forfeiting even more royalties to Zaentz.
He recently went to them with an undisclosed offer, with the knowledge that copyright law mandates that the US publishing rights begin returning to Fogerty in the coming years. Concord maintains ownership of the CCR masters rights already in its possession, while its deal with Fogerty applies to the publishing rights available to songwriters. Fogerty retains all rights to his solo work.
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