{"id":1449,"date":"2013-10-06T20:09:39","date_gmt":"2013-10-06T20:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/blog\/?p=1449"},"modified":"2013-10-06T20:09:39","modified_gmt":"2013-10-06T20:09:39","slug":"a-copyright-victory-35-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/oldnews\/proseaction\/?p=1449","title":{"rendered":"A Copyright Victory, 35 Years Later"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This case took 35 years to resolve &#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/09\/11\/arts\/music\/a-copyright-victory-35-years-later.html','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly\\&quot; style=\\&quot;max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=\\&quot;http:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/2013\/09\/11\/arts\/11WILLIS\/11WILLIS-superJumbo.jpg\\&quot; class=\\&quot;thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\&quot; \/&gt;&lt;a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/09\/11\/arts\/music\/a-copyright-victory-35-years-later.html\\'&gt;A Copyright Victory, 35 Years Later&lt;\/a&gt;In the lucrative world of music copyright, it may be something of a watershed moment: on Friday, after six years of legal wrangling and decades after he wrote the lyrics to the hit song \\&quot;YMCA,\\&quot; Victor Willis will gain control of his share of the copyright to that song and others he wrote when he was the lead singer of the 1970s disco group the Village People.&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly-clear\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;span class=\\&quot;embedly-powered\\&quot; style=\\&quot;float:right;display:block\\&quot;&gt;&lt;a target=\\&quot;_blank\\&quot; href=\\&quot;http:\/\/embed.ly?src=anywhere\\&quot; title=\\&quot;Powered by Embedly\\&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=\\&quot;\/\/static.embed.ly\/images\/logos\/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\&quot; alt=\\&quot;Embedly Powered\\&quot; \/&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;media-attribution\\&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;via &lt;\/span&gt;&lt;a href=\\&quot;http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\\&quot; class=\\&quot;media-attribution-link\\&quot; target=\\&quot;_blank\\&quot;&gt;Nytimes&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly-clear\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;'}\">\n<div class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/2013\/09\/11\/arts\/11WILLIS\/11WILLIS-superJumbo.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\" \/><a class='embedly-title' href='http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/09\/11\/arts\/music\/a-copyright-victory-35-years-later.html'>A Copyright Victory, 35 Years Later<\/a>In the lucrative world of music copyright, it may be something of a watershed moment: on Friday, after six years of legal wrangling and decades after he wrote the lyrics to the hit song &#8220;YMCA,&#8221; 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