acuff - rose music
972 f. 2d 1429 - acuff - rose music inc v. r campbell
peggy lamb (music city news, hickory records, inc. , acuff rose, opryland music, sony / atv music publishing )
campbell v. acuff - rose music, inc. - stanford copyright and fair use center
together with sony music entertainment he is buying veteran country music publisher acuff - rose for $ 157m (£130m) .
campbell v. acuff - rose music, 510 u. s. 569 (1994) .
campbell v. acuff - rose music, inc. 510 u. s. 569 (1994 )
the district court also determined that acuff - rose' s pendent state law claims were preempted by section 301 of the copyright act. acuff - rose music, 754 f. supp. at 1159 - 60. acuff - rose does not challenge this determination
* fn5 the district court also determined that acuff - rose' s pendent state law claims were preempted by section 301 of the copyright act. acuff - rose music, 754 f. supp. at 1159 - 60. acuff - rose does not challenge this determination .
luther r. campbell aka luke skyywalker, et al. , petitioners v. acuff rose music, inc .
campbell v. acuff - rose music (92 - 1292), 510 u. s. 569 (1994) .
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the discussion traced music row’s history, from nashville’s founding to the early days of publishers including tree publishing and acuff - rose, through the music row area of today .
orbison and dees wrote a song called' pretty woman', which they sold to acuff - rose .
szerző: felice bryant - boudleaux bryant / zeneszerzők: felice bryant - boudleaux bryant / egyéb közreműködők: acuff rose music - sony / atv songs llc. - sony / atv music publishing
in 1942 he organized acuff - rose publishing company, the first publishing house exclusively for country music, with songwriter fred rose. following an unsuccessful bid for the tennessee governorship in 1948, acuff continued to record extensively from the 1950s on, lending authenticity to the new boom in country music with such…
pretty woman parody - acuff - rose music inc. v. campbell, 972 f. 2d 1429 (6th cir. 08 / 17 / 1992 )
oh, pretty woman
was written and recorded by roy orbison and william dees in 1964. rights to the song were assigned to acuff - rose that same year, and acuff - rose registered for copyright protection. the song has become a pop music standard, and acuff - rose has realized substantial income from the licensing of
cover
recordings and other derivative works .
in 1964, roy orbison and william dees wrote a rock ballad called
oh, pretty woman
and assigned their rights in it to respondent acuff rose music, inc. see appendix a, infra, at 26. acuff rose registered the song for copyright protection .
the tragic demise of the everly brothers spurned by the blacklisting from acuff - rose is a narrative that has played out many more times since the 1960’s, and speaks to similar practices that still transpire on music row today. acuff - rose is now known as sony atv .
however in 1961, the brothers had a falling out with wesley rose. at the behest of wesley rose, the brothers only used acuff - rose writers for their material, especially husband and wife songwriting partners felice and boudleaux bryant. but as time went on, the everly brothers wanted to record songs that didn’t fall under acuff - rose publishing. wesley rose adamantly refused, so the everly brothers dropped him as their manager. at the time, acuff - rose had a virtual monopoly on all the best songs and songwriters in the music business, especially for the type of music the everly brothers played. the duo’s access to the acuff - rose catalog is one of the reasons they were so commercially successful, and the falling out with wesley rose meant they no longer had access to ‘a’ list song material .
acuff - rose also sought leave to amend its complaint to allege violations of the lanham act. 15 u. s. c. § 1125 (a). the district court denied the motion and acuff - rose does not allege error in the denial
* fn6 acuff - rose also sought leave to amend its complaint to allege violations of the lanham act. 15 u. s. c. § 1125 (a). the district court denied the motion and acuff - rose does not allege error in the denial .
so then chet atkins introduced the brothers to wesley rose, son of fred rose, the well - known songwriter and founder of music row publishing house acuff - rose with roy acuff. when fred rose passed away in 1954, wesley took his spot as president of acuff - rose, and also signed on to manage the everly brothers after the introduction from chet atkins. wesley promised the brothers a record deal if they would sign on with acuff - rose as their publishing house, and the duo obliged. this led to the the everly brothers’ deal with cadence records where they finally found success. then after 3 successful years on cadence, the everly brothers signed a massive 10 - year multi - million dollar contract with warner brothers, and became one of the biggest names in all of american music .
szerző: roy alfred / zeneszerzők: al frisch / egyéb közreműködők: famous music corp. - famous music publishing - melodie der welt - memory lane music
sony / atv music publishing will include all of the current and future music publishing interests of both parties .
the company acquired the acuff - rose catalog (featuring classics from hank williams and roy orbison) in 2002 for $ 157 million from gaylord entertainment .
acuff - rose music publishing, founded in 1942 by country singer roy acuff and songwriter fred rose, includes classics like
oh pretty woman ,
bye bye love ,
your cheatin' heart ,
and
tennessee waltz .
songwriters who once wrote for the company include hank williams sr. , don gibson, and felice and boudleaux bryant .
oh pretty woman, made famous by roy orbison, is one of more than 100 acuff - rose tracks that have been broadcast more than one million times .
great article. never knew anything about this acuff rose business. i just assumed that their run of hits ended because of the beatles & the british invasion .
3 2 live crew' s motion to dismiss was converted to a motion for summary judgment. acuff rose defended against the motion, but filed no cross motion .
szerző: roy alfred / zeneszerzők: al frisch / egyéb közreműködők: music sales corporation - myra music co. - bosworth & co. - melodie der welt - memory lane music
the case of campbell vs. acuff rose music, inc. involves the rap group 2 live crew’s use of the song “oh, pretty woman” co - written by roy orbison and william dees. the rights to the… read more
i did an interview with don everly during the 70s in which he described some of acuff and rose’s efforts to “get even” with them. i’ve posted it online. urltoken
sony / atv music publishing will buy the oldest and one of the richest song catalogs in country music from gaylord entertainment .
szerző: jack erickson - sano marco / zeneszerzők: jack erickson - sano marco / egyéb közreműködők: gower music inc. - emi music publishing - screen gems - emi music inc .
however, if acuff - rose could show that they lost the chance to sell the rights to another parodist because of campbell' s version, then they might have a case .
acuff - rose brought suit in june 1990 and defendants responded by filing a motion to dismiss, accompanied by affidavits, and sought to deposit $ 13, 867. 56. this amount was apparently calculated after reference to statutory royalty rates established by the copyright act, and reflected defendants' understanding of what was owed to acuff - rose for use of the copyrighted song. the district court ordered the funds deposited with the clerk of court. 3 acuff - rose responded with affidavits, which the district court relied upon when granting summary judgment .
acuff - rose brought suit in june 1990 and defendants responded by filing a motion to dismiss, accompanied by affidavits, and sought to deposit $ 13, 867. 56. this amount was apparently calculated after reference to statutory royalty rates established by the copyright act, and reflected defendants' understanding of what was owed to acuff - rose for use of the copyrighted song. the district court ordered the funds deposited with the clerk of court. * fn3 acuff - rose responded with affidavits, which the district court relied upon when granting summary judgment .
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jackson’s music catalog, atv music publishing, includes some 250 beatles songs as well as songs associated with elvis presley and little richard .
4. “home in san antone, ” bob wills and his texas playboys. fred rose is an important figure as a songwriter and a businessman. he partnered with roy acuff to form the acuff - rose music publishing company in 1942 and his songwriting / business partnership with hank williams was beneficial to both parties. rose has songwriting credits on “blue eyes crying in the rain, ” “kaw - liga, ” and “texarkana baby. ” he also penned this texas themed number, where location trumps poverty in the pursuit of happiness .
mccartney and jackson were not the first musicians to recognize the value of song copyrights. one of the first and most successful musician - turned - music publisher was fiddler roy acuff. a star on the grand ole opry in the late 1930s, he saw first - hand how many talented songwriters were taken advantage of by unscrupulous managers, agents, or publishers with regard to song copyright ownership shares. in 1942, he co - founded acuff - rose music, the first nashville - based music publisher. their guiding principle was “taking care of the songwriters. ” known for their fairness, acuff and partner fred rose eventually published the catalogs of hank williams, roy orbison, the everly brothers, as well as acuff’s own songs and those of many other hit songwriters .
but both don and phil everly were songwriters as well, and wrote many of their own songs. however in a strange twist of fate only fit for music row, because the brothers were still signed to acuff - rose as songwriters, the falling out with wesley rose meant that the brothers lost access to their own material as well, and any material they may write in the future. though the everly brothers as performers were free to do what they wanted, don and phil everly as songwriters were still under the thumb of acuff - rose. a publishing house that had been set up to protect songwriters, like many of music row’s institutions, had become corrupted from money and music business politics .
szerző: will jason - val burton / zeneszerzők: will jason - val burton / egyéb közreműködők: famous music corp. - famous music publishing
megastar michael jackson has merged his music catalog with sony corp. ’s music publishing division in a joint venture reportedly valued at $ 600 million .
singers come and singers go, but songs keep working forever. that’s really about all you need to know to understand why sony / atv, the giant music publisher, shelled out $ 157 million last year to purchase the songs in the historic acuff - rose publishing catalogs .
we have been entrusted with a real treasure ,
said paul russell, chairman of sony / atv music publishing .
our first priority will be to maintain the integrity and quality of the acuff - rose catalog while raising its profile with new generations of performers .
szerző: betty comden - adolph green / zeneszerzők: jule styne / egyéb közreműködők: stratford music - chappell & co. - warner chappell music international
szerző: elise bretton - sherman edwards - don meyer / zeneszerzők: elise bretton - sherman edwards - don meyer / egyéb közreműködők: duchess music corporation - valerie keith music - bosworth & co. - music sales corp .
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campbell asked acuff - rose for permission to make a parody version of the song that he claimed was intended to
through comical lyrics to satirize the original work. they said no. campbell made the song anyway .
mpl music publishing mccartney’s own publishing company with offices located all around the world .
with toys, wood says, acuff - rose is paid an agreed upon fee for each unit sold. licenses are granted to manufacturers for the shortest time possible to enable the publisher to adjust rates as the evolving economy dictates .
in a separate move, jackson is buying the rights to 55, 000 country music songs including the music of hank williams, the everly brothers and roy orbison .
6. “wreck on the highway, ” roy acuff. as noted in “home in san antone, ” acuff - rose was the major publishing company for country music and, given the history of that song, there is no small amount of irony in roy acuff’s participation. “wreck on the highway” was originally recorded by the south carolina based dixon brothers as “i didn’t hear nobody pray” in 1938. acuff cut his version in 1942, claiming a writing credit. legal action was taken in 1946 and an out of court settlement was reached. “wreck on the highway” has a strong gospel influence and was an inspiration for the 1980 bruce springsteen composition of the same name .
szerző: joseph mccarthy / zeneszerzők: traditional / egyéb közreműködők: harry carroll - emi robbins catalog inc. - redwood music - bosworth & co. - emi music publishing
keith hatschek is a contributing writer for echoes and directs the music management program at university of the pacific. he’s also written two music industry books, how to get a job in the music industry and the golden moment: recording secrets from the pros .
by all rights, atlanta or dallas should have become the center of country music, due to their early recording activity. but once nashville had wsm and its birth child grand ole opry running successfully, and after nashville became the music publishing center with acuff - rose leading the way, the recording studios and record labels followed and music row was born out of that. once fledgling artists began climbing off the greyhound buses, guitar cases in hand, nashville had an endless array of talent .
szerző: carl sigman / zeneszerzők: jimmy van heusen / egyéb közreműködők: united music corp. - ame musikverlag edward kassner - edward kassner music co. - kassner associated publishers
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19 this may serve to heighten the comic effect of the parody, as one witness stated, app. 32a, affidavit of oscar brand; see also elsmere music, inc. v. national broadcasting co. , 482 f. supp. 741, 747 (sdny 1980) (repetition of
i love sodom
), or serve to dazzle with the original' s music, as acuff rose now contends .
the case of campbell vs. acuff rose music, inc. involves the rap group 2 live crew’s use of the song “oh, pretty woman” co - written by roy orbison and william dees. the rights to the song are owned by acuff rose music which sued luke records in district court for violating their copyright. the court ruled in favor of 2 live crew, but the decision was reversed by the u. s. court of appeals for the 6th circuit. the case will be heard by the supreme court on tuesday, november 9th. luther campbell, president of luke records, claimed that the lawsuit was a backlash from their “as nasty as they want to be” album. mr. strauss of the “capitol steps” discussed the importance of allowing parodies and has filed a brief in favor of the rap group of 2 live crew. professor perlmutter discussed the “fair - use” clause of copyright law which is at issue in this case. mr. harleston stated that he sees little economic impact on rose - acuff music, inc. mr. dees, the song’s co - writer, stated that it was the most significant work of his life. via satellite from new york city, mr. kaye, who represents entertainers filing briefs in support of acuff - rose music, inc. , stated that there is no compelling reason why this falls outside of normal copyright infringement .
the case of campbell vs. acuff rose music, inc. involves the rap group 2 live crew’s use of the song “oh, pretty woman” co - written by roy orbison and william dees. the rights to the song are owned by acuff rose music which sued luke records in district court for violating their copyright. the court ruled in favor of 2 live crew, but the decision was reversed by the u. s. court of appeals for the 6th circuit. the case will be heard by the supreme court on tuesday, november 9th. luther campbell, president of luke records, claimed that the lawsuit was a backlash from their “as nasty as they want to be” album. mr. strauss of the “ capitol steps ” discussed the importance of allowing parodies and has filed a brief in favor of the rap group of 2 live crew. professor perlmutter discussed the “fair - use” clause of copyright law which is at issue in this case. mr. harleston stated that he sees little economic impact on rose - acuff music, inc. mr. dees, the song’s co - writer, stated that it was the most significant work of his life. via satellite from new york city, mr. kaye, who represents entertainers filing briefs in support of acuff - rose music, inc. , stated that there is no compelling reason why this falls outside of normal copyright infringement. close
szerző: william engvick - mortimer s. palitz - alec wilder / zeneszerzők: william engvick - mortimer s. palitz - alec wilder / egyéb közreműködők: regent music - good tunes music
since the switch in ownership last august, the acuff - rose division has yielded eight country singles. some of its best - known works are being featured in a popular off - broadway play about hank williams — a play that sony / acuff - rose now owns. other songs from the collection turn up regularly in movies, tv shows, national commercials, video games, toys, greeting cards and as the “ring tones” in cell phones. clearly, sony is well on its way to earning its investment back .
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szerző: fred wise / zeneszerzők: al frisch / egyéb közreműködők: erika publishing - myra music co. - bmg gold songs - bmg rights management - melodie der welt - memory lane music
acuff - rose was acquired by sony - atv. also, while mijac, which holds the copyrights to all of michael songs, is administered by sony / atv, sony / atv does not own the copyrights which are still wholly owned by the michael jackson estate .
bmi has played an active role in country music’s ascendance in the public arena since it opened doors in 1940. several of the major firms to engage in the field - peer international, acuff - rose and hill and range - were early affiliates. a sign of how successful bmi’s efforts to assist in the growth of country music were is illustrated by the fact that by 1974, bmi licensed 77 percent of the songs on the top 10 of billboard’s various country charts .
the 2 live crew, a rap music group, released for commercial distribution a version of acuff - rose music' s copyrighted song ,
oh, pretty woman .
acuff - rose sued the 2 live crew, its individual members and its record company for copyright infringement and alleged pendent state law claims of interference with business relations and interference with prospective business advantage. defendants filed a motion for dismissal, which was treated as a motion for summary judgment. the district court granted summary judgment, holding that the 2 live crew had created a parody and that the parody was a non - infringing
fair use
of the song as defined by section 107 of the 1976 copyright act. 17 u. s. c. § 107. we reverse .
szerző: henry creamer - turner layton / zeneszerzők: henry creamer - turner layton / egyéb közreműködők: mayfair music corp. - chappell & co. - chappell morris ltd. - warner chappell music international
acuff - rose music inc. cried copyright infringement. the case went to the supreme court, which, in so many words, said, lighten up. “parody, or in any event its comment, necessarily springs from recognizable allusion to its object through distorted imitation, ” wrote justice david souter. “its art lies in the tension between a known original and its parodic twin. ”
jackson stunned the music world in 1985 when he bought the beatles library, a move that music channel vh1 ranked no. 38 on its
most shocking moments in rock' n' roll
list .
szerző: king guion - renee borek guion - karl h. nutter / zeneszerzők: king guion - renee borek guion - karl h. nutter / egyéb közreműködők: bridgeport music inc. - kobalt music publishing
the parties dispute the above chronology. defendants contend that campbell intended all along to create a comic song and appropriately sought the permission of acuff - rose prior to doing so. acuff - rose sees fine' s letter as a effort to create a revisionist history of legitimacy for an act of piracy. the district court found that
as clean as they wanna be
was released on july 15, 1989, subsequent to fine' s letter to tiefer. campbell' s intent is not dispositive of the case, but we note that this finding contradicts campbell' s affidavit. the only support in the record for a july 15 release date is found in acuff - rose' s response to the motion for dismissal, in which counsel asserted a release date
on or about july 15, 1989 .
campbell' s affidavit is a better factual source than counsel' s contention
acuff - rose music, inc. , plaintiff - appellant, v. luther r. campbell, a / k / a luke skyywalker; christopher wongwon, a / k / a fresh kid ice; mark ross, a / k / a brother marquis; david hobbs, a / k / a mr. mixx; professionally known as 2 live crew; luke skyywalker records, defendants - appellees .
acuff - rose music, inc. , plaintiff - appellant, v. luther r. campbell, a / k / a luke skyywalker; christopher wongwon, a / k / a fresh kid ice; mark ross, a / k / a brother marquis; david hobbs, a / k / a mr. mixx; professionally known as 2 live crew; luke skyywalker records, defendants - appellees .
* fn2 the parties dispute the above chronology. defendants contend that campbell intended all along to create a comic song and appropriately sought the permission of acuff - rose prior to doing so. acuff - rose sees fine' s letter as a effort to create a revisionist history of legitimacy for an act of piracy. the district court found that
as clean as they wanna be
was released on july 15, 1989, subsequent to fine' s letter to tiefer. campbell' s intent is not dispositive of the case, but we note that this finding contradicts campbell' s affidavit. the only support in the record for a july 15 release date is found in acuff - rose' s response to the motion for dismissal, in which counsel asserted a release date
on or about july 15, 1989 .
campbell' s affidavit is a better factual source than counsel' s contention .
sarah skates has worked in the music business for more than a decade and is a longtime contributor to musicrow .
wesley rose was no chip off the old block. he was a bean counter, first and last. he knew nothing about music, and was a self serving drip who, had he not been fred’s son, would have been a cashier at a kroger’s .
“weird al” yankovic has a policy of writing a parody of a song only if he gets permission from the artist. in the late 1980s, the rap group 2 live crew attempted to play by the same rules. luther campbell, one of the group members, changed the refrain of roy orbison’s hit “oh, pretty woman” from “pretty woman” to “big hairy woman, ” “baldheaded woman” and “two - timin’ woman. ” 2 live crew’s manager sent the bawdy lyrics and a recording of the song to acuff - rose music inc. , which owned the rights to orbison’s music, and noted that the group would credit the original song and pay a fee for the ability to riff off of it. acuff - rose objected, but 2 live crew included the parody, titled “pretty woman, ” on its 1989 album “as clean as they wanna be” anyway .
we conclude that the district court erred in granting summary judgment to defendants. the four factors set forth in section 107 of the act support the conclusion that 2 live crew' s use of acuff - rose' s copyrighted song was not a fair use. we reverse and remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion .
we conclude that the district court erred in granting summary judgment to defendants. the four factors set forth in section 107 of the act support the conclusion that 2 live crew' s use of acuff - rose' s copyrighted song was not a fair use. we reverse and remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion .
during this timeframe, hollywood was having a major impact on country music, as many of these songs were written for movies. elsewhere, we have a bluegrass starter kit, a pot number, the first honky tonk song, and roy acuff engages in a little theft .
metro historic commissioner don cusic emceed the event. panelists included brenda colladay (former archivist and curator for the grand ole opry museum), bobby braddock (author of a life on music row, and member of the country music hall of fame) and michael kosser, author of how nashville became music city u. s. a. )
jackson is said to be furious that sony music failed to release a charity track entitled what more can i give .
great history lesson triggerman. hell, i thought curb was the first prick of music row…he just inherited the crown .
jackson’s music catalog includes such beatles tunes as come together, we can work it out, hey jude and yesterday .
national advertising campaigns are using sony / acuff - rose’s “i love” to sell coors light beer, “you got it” to lure shoppers into target stores and “bread and butter” to make applebee’s restaurants more appetizing. “blue bayou” made its way onto the soundtrack of the recent movie dreamcatcher, while “long gone lonesome blues” landed in sweet home alabama .
on july 5, 1989, following release of the album, linda fine, general manager of luke records, wrote a letter to gerald tiefer of opryland music group (of which acuff - rose is a part) to
inform [ tiefer ] of' two live crew' s' desire to do a parody
of
oh, pretty woman .
2 fine stressed that a parody was intended and that the popularity of 2 live crew ensured substantial sales :
for acuff - rose music, inc. , plaintiff - appellant: e. andrew norwood, briefed, 615 - 259 - 3456, francis j. del casino, briefed, 615 - 259 - 3456, r. eddie wayland, argued & briefed, 615 - 259 - 3456, nora t. cannon, briefed, 615 - 259 - 3456, king & ballow, 200 fourth avenue, n. , suite 1200 noel place, nashville, tn 37219 .
on july 5, 1989, following release of the album, linda fine, general manager of luke records, wrote a letter to gerald tiefer of opryland music group (of which acuff - rose is a part) to
inform [ tiefer ] of' two live crew' s' desire to do a parody
of
oh, pretty woman .
* fn2 fine stressed that a parody was intended and that the popularity of 2 live crew ensured substantial sales :
peggy lamb, who licenses acuff - rose music for use in toys, greeting cards and other amusements, cites a series of current and upcoming applications. dino dance barney and kasey the kinderbot use “the hokey pokey. ” various dolls have digital chips that play “tennessee waltz, ” “your cheatin’ heart, ” “elvira” and “hey, good lookin’. ” “oh, pretty woman, ” which wood says is the most popular acuff - rose song for cell phone ring tones, can also be heard in an alarm clock. “i fought the law” is the tune of choice for a dancing hamster and a singing turkey, according to lamb. the sony playstation game road rash opts for “mean machine. ” an elvis - themed slot machine favors “american trilogy, ” while another model slot — the sneeki tiki — blasts out “limbo rock. ”
1 rap has been defined as a
style of black american popular music consisting of improvised rhymes performed to a rhythmic accompaniment .
the norton / grove concise encyclopedia of music 613 (1988). 2 live crew plays
[ b ] ass music ,
a regional, hip hop style of rap from the liberty city area of miami, florida. brief for petitioners 34 .
the district court determined that there were no genuine issues of fact material to the question of fair use in dispute, and that the case was therefore suitable for summary judgment. acuff - rose music, inc. v. campbell, 754 f. supp. 1150, 1153 (m. d. tenn. 1991). the court then analyzed the factors by which an alleged infringing use is tested for fairness under section 107 of the act. id. at 1154 - 59. 5
the district court determined that there were no genuine issues of fact material to the question of fair use in dispute, and that the case was therefore suitable for summary judgment. acuff - rose music, inc. v. campbell, 754 f. supp. 1150, 1153 (m. d. tenn. 1991). the court then analyzed the factors by which an alleged infringing use is tested for fairness under section 107 of the act. id. at 1154 - 59. * fn5
szerző: ira gershwin / zeneszerzők: george gershwin / egyéb közreműködők: new world music company - neue welt musikverlag - warner bros inc .
on monday evening, april 18, belmont university and the metro historical commission held a special panel discussion titled a history of music row .
owned by mr. jackson, administered by warner chappell, on sony music labels, and is not a part of sony / atv .
“publishing companies in the past few year have become the gateway to recording deals, ” said kosser. “publishing companies are the artist development arm of the record companies, even if they are not related to particular ones. the record companies no longer pay a whole staff of a & r people. taylor swift’s recording deal began through what is now sony publishing. kenny chesney through acuff - rose…”
edward morris is a veteran of country music journalism. he lives in nashville, tennessee, and is a frequent contributor to cmt. com .
szerző: howard dietz / zeneszerzők: arthur schwartz / egyéb közreműködők: wb music corp. - neue welt musikverlag - warner bros. inc .
music publishing has its lore and legends. the story of michael jackson coming to own the rights to the beatles’ catalog is high on the list .
' s catalog is owned by sony / atv music publishing... .... 2 catalog growth, 1954 - 1984 3 sale to
bmi’s expanded presence in the nashville music community was further illustrated by the expansion of its offices in 1997. moreover, the dominant presence of bmi in the country field is illustrated by the fact that over the last decade, 68 percent of the annual country music association awards and 62 percent of the academy of country music awards have been received by bmi songwriters. an astonishing 84 percent of the members of the country music association hall of fame are affiliated with bmi, including the late conway twitty, dolly parton, brenda lee, harlan howard and bmi’s late president and ceo frances w. preston .
while the recording of country music is said to have begun when fiddlin’ john carson laid down his version of “little old log cabin down the lane” for the okeh label in 1923, the genre achieved mass - market appeal with the emergence of nashville as the capital of country music... read more
grand ole opry star roy acuff and songwriter - musician fred rose established the company in 1942, a time when nashville had virtually no country music publishing activity. it didn’t take long for the business to catch on. in 1946, it began publishing songs by a promising young newcomer, hank williams, and later added such lyrical heavyweights to its roster as the louvin brothers, leon payne, felice and boudleaux bryant, marty robbins, don gibson, roy orbison, john d. loudermilk, martha carson, the everly brothers, mickey newbury, liz anderson and dallas frazier .
szerző: edward heyman / zeneszerzők: john w. green / egyéb közreműködők: warner bros inc. - chappell & co. - warner chappell music international
though the everly brothers are considered more a product of the rock & roll world, their publishing and management resided on a multi - block stretch of road in nashville known as music row, and they arguably became one the first, and one the biggest casualties of that campus in the history of music .
in 1964 roy orbison and william dees wrote the song “oh, pretty woman, ” and assigned their rights to acuff - rose music, inc. (acuff - rose) (plaintiff). in 1989 luther campbell and his group 2 live crew (defendants) wrote a song called “pretty woman, ” in which the group intended, “through comical lyrics, to satirize the original work. ” the 2 live crew song copied orbison’s opening bass riff and first line of lyrics, but generally, the 2 live crew song replaced orbison’s romantic lyrics with “degrading taunts, a bawdy demand for sex, and a sigh of relief for paternal responsibility. ” the district court granted summary judgment to 2 live crew. the united states court of appeals for the sixth circuit (sixth circuit) reversed, finding that the 2 live crew song’s “blatantly commercial purpose” prevented it from being a fair use, and that 2 live crew copied too much of orbison’s song to constitute fair use. the united states supreme court granted certiorari .
over the past eight months, tomlinson reports, the acuff - rose brand has graced the chart singles “red ragtop” (tim mcgraw), “brokenheartsville” (joe nichols), “ten rounds with jose cuervo” (tracy byrd), “a lot of things different” (kenny chesney), “beautiful goodbye” (jennifer hanson), “the love song” (jeff bates), “i believe” (diamond rio) and “country ain’t country” (travis tritt) .
not only did wesley rose screw things up for don & phil, his greed and pettiness also put a big dent into boudleaux & felice bryant’s earnings. no telling how many more hits they would of had together .
szerző: howard dietz / zeneszerzők: arthur schwartz / egyéb közreműködők: sylvia de brown - henderson inc. - chappell & co. - warner chappell music international
& your palestine statement - beside pop music consideration - is just supid, some things are too important and dramatic to be use as fashion of the moment .
the song, which he recorded with fellow music stars mariah carey and ricky martin, was meant to raise money for the victims of the 11 september terror attacks .
, and initially focused on country music - related original prog... ... during tnn' s first year of broadcasting, american general corporation, parent
i just finished reading — and vastly enjoying — a new book about the history of nashville radio station wsm. but craig havighurst’s air castle of the south: wsm and the making of music city, as its title says, is about much more. it explores how nashville came to be music city, the role of commerce in country music and country radio and the history of country radio itself. along the way, it examines such events as the rise and eventual destruction of the opryland usa amusement park and the near demise of powerhouse wsm - am as a country music radio station. and, as always, it’s a tale of commerce vs. art .
i’m not defending music row, by any means, but i think some of us are looking at the everlys’ battles with the nashville establishment through modern eyes. in the early sixties, music row, and the music business in general, were still ruled by the major record companies and music publishers. artistic freedom was unknown except for the biggest stars, and even they were constrained by the realities of the business. i’m not saying that the everly brothers shouldn’t have chosen to move to warner brothers, as they did. but they should have realized, or been told, that there was likely a price to be paid. that’s the way things worked back then .
one little known aspect of the band’s early history was that they were offered a music publishing deal shortly after the release of their first single, “love me do, ” with an established music publisher, dick james music. as was standard in the day – and remains largely the same today – the songwriting members of the band were offered a 50 - 50 deal under a new publishing company called northern songs, ltd. to minimize the beatles tax liability, the company was set up as a corporation .
rose (who also wrote under the pseudonym “floyd jenkins”) was a fountain of hits in his own right. his compositions included such durables as “blue eyes crying in the rain, ” “it’s a sin, ” “deep water, ” “roly poly, ” “fire ball mail, ” “’foggy river, ” “low and lonely, ” “pins and needles (in my heart) ” and “we live in two different worlds. ” among the many other early acuff - rose treasures were “tennessee waltz, ” “ashes of love, ” “bonaparte’s retreat, ” “cold, cold heart, ” “chattanoogie shoe shine boy, ” “your cheatin’ heart, ” “satisfied” and “a white sport coat (and a pink carnation). ”
following the district court' s determination that
pretty woman
was a parody, acuff - rose filed motions to distribute the funds deposited by 2 live crew with the clerk of court, and sought reconsideration of the fair use determination by introducing additional evidence on the question of the impact of the parody upon the market value of the copyrighted original. 6 based upon its determination of fair use, the district court granted summary judgment and ordered the funds returned to 2 live crew .
following the district court' s determination that
pretty woman
was a parody, acuff - rose filed motions to distribute the funds deposited by 2 live crew with the clerk of court, and sought reconsideration of the fair use determination by introducing additional evidence on the question of the impact of the parody upon the market value of the copyrighted original. * fn6 based upon its determination of fair use, the district court granted summary judgment and ordered the funds returned to 2 live crew .
excellent write - up. i had never heard this story about the everlys getting screwed by music row. i had wondered why their popularity fizzled and this makes perfect sense .
wsm - am has been on the air since 1925 and, through thick and thin, has been the flagship of country music, and it deserves to be treated accordingly .
but what of the issue of michael jackson’s ownership of atv music and its subsidiary, northern songs? it’s really much ado about nothing from the perspective of the music publishing world. catalogs are developed, exploited, valued, and sold on a regular basis. the 2012 sale of the emi music publishing catalog to sony / atv music, a deal valued at $ 2. 2 billion dollars, is just the latest example. as part of this deal, michael jackson’s estate now owns their half of 38% of the 1. 3 million - song emi publishing catalog, which further highlights the long - reaching positive effects of his initial shrewd $ 47. 5 million investment back in 1985 .
sony / atv music publishing, jointly owned by singer michael jackson and sony corporation of america, is one of the top publishing firms in the world. it is home to
in 1985, gaylord entertainment bought acuff - rose for $ 15 million and put it under the control of veteran publisher jerry bradley. its value grew substantially every year afterward. in making the purchase, sony didn’t just buy the songs, however. it also hired key members of the team that had been working the songs, including troy tomlinson and mike whelan of the creative department (whose function is to get songs recorded) and marc wood, who heads the film and tv department .
“it’s a no - brainer to [ buy ] a play about a songwriter who’s prominent in your catalog, ” wood observes. “the play itself becomes publicity for the songwriter and his songs. through that publicity, you’re generating a new income stream because you’re selling tickets to the play. it’s kind of double - dipping. ” acuff - rose bought the play from authors randal myler and mark harelik while the company was still a gaylord property, and it became part of the sony / atv acquisition .
“one of the most important things to remember about music row in those days, is people flew by the seat of their pants. they weren’t afraid of anything, ” said kosser .
atv music was once the publishing arm of lord lew grade’s uk media empire, associated television (atv). it had acquired northern songs (the beatles’ publishing business) in 1969 .
while the recording of country music is said to have begun when fiddlin’ john carson laid down his version of “little old log cabin down the lane” for the okeh label in 1923, the genre achieved mass - market appeal with the emergence of nashville as the capital of country music. the public had associated the city with the genre since the first broadcast of the grand ole opry in 1927, but publishers and record labels did not begin to open offices there in significant numbers until the late 1940s. the music industry itself only began to recognize the vitality of country music but a few years before. billboard started to trace the presence of the genre on jukeboxes in 1944, established their country chart in 1948 and tracked radio airplay a year later in 1949 .
szerző: john h. mercer / zeneszerzők: harold arlen / egyéb közreműködők: edwin h. morris co. - chappell & co. - chappell morris ltd. - warner chappell music international
with the kind of odds of which you speak the only way the “best’ can rise to the top” is through sites like this as well as people like yourself and your involvement in what’s going on on music row. it breaks my country music lovin’ heart to see & hear what big business has done to my gawddamn radio as well as the talent that should be on it .
by him attacking sony, he is doing a lot for the present / future. he is making the world understand that recording labels are very difficult and will stop at nothing to destroy an artist. unlike mariah, george michael, etc. ; he is standing up to the boss and getting results. this way future artists will have a better chance. he isn' t going to let the ppl. destroy him. he worked hard for a lot of things. he isn' t just going to accept that ppl. don' t like his image. his music is still good and he knows how to make him music be appreciated and charts - oriented. prince can be a star again if he made his music charts - oriented. but that is not his deal. not all of his music is good anyway. mj wants respect, fame, glory, etc. and he makes music ppl. want, love, appreciate .
source, a leading organization of women in the music business, will hold its annual awards dinner tonight at the musician’s hall of fame and museum. the source foundation awards, which honors the pioneering women who helped establish the foundation of the music industry, will celebrate 2009 honorees joyce jackson, peggy lamb, pat mccoy, sandy neese, margaret parker, and marion keisker macinnes (posthumously) .
i’m a fan of felice and boudleaux bryant… they did great work. but the everlys deserved to record whatevever they wanted. it seems like wesley rose would have ultimately made more money if he had allowed the everlys more creative freedom and presumably a longer run as successful pop artists .
the district court found that this factor weighed against a determination of fair use, and we agree. acuff - rose, 754 f. supp at 1155 - 56. as a general rule, creative works - - literary works of fiction or artistic works - - are afforded greater protection from the fair use determination than are works of fact. harper & row, 471 u. s. at 563; new era publications, int' l v. carol publishing group, 904 f. 2d 152, 157 (2d cir .), cert. denied, _ _ _ u. s. _ _ _, 111 s. ct. 297, 112 l. ed. 2d 251 (1990). the status of
oh, pretty woman
as a creative work is not contested. in determining whether this factor should weigh in favor of the copyright holder we also ask whether the work
represented a substantial investment of time and labor made in anticipation of financial return .
mca, inc. , 677 f. 2d at 182. the record amply supports a finding in favor of acuff - rose on this factor .
there is no question in my mind that the song
oh, pretty woman
by roy orbison and william dees was intended for mr. orbison' s country music audience and middle - america .
ultimately, the falling out between wesley rose and the everly brothers cost the duo their popular careers. though the brothers would go on many more years in the music business both as solo performers and with each other, they never came even close to their late 50’s, early 60’s prominence. even worse, the legal and financial issues created a strain between the two brothers that in many ways would last the rest of their lives, all the way up to the death of phil everly.
acuff-rose music was an american music publishing firm formed in 1942 by roy acuff and fred rose in nashville , tennessee . acuff-rose 's honest behavior towards their writers set them apart from other music publishing firms at the time and led them to fame throughout the 1950s , 1960s , and 1970s . currently the company 's catalog is owned by sony/atv music publishing . 
acuff-rose music was an american music publishing firm formed in 1942 by roy acuff and fred rose in nashville, tennessee. acuff-rose's honest behavior towards their writers set them apart from other music publishing firms at the time and led them to fame throughout the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. currently the company's catalog is owned by sony/atv music publishing.
acuff-rose music was an american music publishing firm formed in 1942 by roy acuff and fred rose in nashville, tennessee. acuff-rose's honest behavior towards their writers set them apart from other music publishing firms at the time and led them to fame throughout the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. currently the company's catalog is owned by sony/atv music publishing.