Paul McCartney reclaims copyright to The Beatles’ BIGGEST Song
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I hope Paul McCartney wins this lawsuit. It is an absolute shame that a living composer should lose the rights to his own songs.
They are not his songs because the original Paul died/replaced in 1966.
Hahaha
You signed contracts back in the day & they weren't too bothered then, but Paul is a billionaire so it's good he's not completely happy, the money still rolls in from composing rights.
@@maratonlegendelenemirei3352 it looks to be true so many deaths around Paul 2 and forgotten court cases -and heather’s outburst etc
They’re not his songs. Only Sgt Peppers and after are his work. Before that time Paul was played by John Haliday until they staged a car crash and brought in this imposter. The Sgt Peppers group was the not the Fab4 from years before . Look up Colin Unwin and John Hailday, that’s the original Paul and John that wrote Love me Do and Can’t buy me Love . All My Loving. Billy Shears Campbell had no rights to these songs because he’s not the person who was originally portrayed as Paul. The rabbit hole is deeper than you can imagine . Deception at its finest
I think that the one great ambition Sir Paul has left is to get the Rights of the Beatles songs back into the families hands.
It's definitely Paul's ambition to get back his Beatles songs. They took his songs without his permission, they took advantage of their position, he watched his rights like precious water - drip away.
@@andrewfurst5711 "Without his permission' sounds like fraud, which should void their acquisition ab ovo.
It's a bit late for that.He hasn't got much time left goes on. The otherss are gone. The familyy deserves nothing, only the boys involved. It's just a crying shame that this BS capitalist fraud is allowed to happen in the 1st place - That's modern rapacious capitalism for you - completely out of control and part of the USA distortion of the original ideas to support a government backed corporate plutocracy masquerading as a democratic duopoly
Paul wrote a peerless set of iconic songs. Ownership should return to him.
You Forgot to include John Lennon
yea, but strawberry is their best. lets not be shallow. lennon is better
Wake up this dude is not pm
ANSC, yeah but John is dead. Otherwise I’m sure Paul would be happy to share ownership with him.
there are copyright laws in the US and Great Britain doesn't matter if they were iconic or not.
Record companies have a LONG HISTORY of SCREWING their artists
True
Money is the root of all evil, profit and loss……..
Look at the Small Faces and there songwriting which is I believe still not in there control.
And now there is only one survivor from the group……..
Its a Publishing company, they're even worse.
@@PaulLMF
That they are
@@PaulLMF Correct. Read the original contract signed with Dick James (and his business partner)............. and weep. However it was a relatively good contract compared to what was usually on offer to bands/songwriters at the time. The other point is would the Beatles have been promoted as well as they were without the publishers? But I'll leave the last words to George: "It doesn't really matter what chords I play, what words I say or time of day it is, because it's only a Northern Song". Oh, and it's ridiculous that Paul has to pay some businessman to play his own songs, in concert, after 50 years.
Give him back his songs , they are a gift to humanity !
He shouldn't have sold them or signed them away. Oopsie!
@@Jeff-pi6ol
He didn’t
@@eleanor3482 Except he did. He could have easily outbid Jackson. I love all of McCartney's music and have seen him twice in concert, but his constant whining over the years is nauseating.
Give the man back his songs !
Can’t he’s been dead for almost 60 years.
@@hq9344 His clone is sewing. Could go on forever
I agree
@@hq9344 Wrong
@@LageRUclips stay asleep
They deserve to own their catalog
It’s not about the money for Sir Paul. It’s about owning his intellectual property.
Best of luck to Sir Paul in getting his rights back on the song. Sony/ATV HAS HUNDREDS of lawyers. I’d hate to go up against THAT evil corporate behemoth!
You're joking right?
it's always about the money
@@Mike1614b Speak for yourself!! Not for all the rest of us. Principles and values still exist for some of us.
@@allymayful most comments are self-serving- you just proved that. And I wasn't taking about you (who does?) and "the rest of you" whoever that is. lol. go relax
Get Back!
Get Back!
Get back what songs you wrote and to where they once belonged,
Paul!
Yeah Baaay-Beee!
Well said
Go for it Paul, they are yours!
sir faul
Pauls situation is why three things are truer now than in the 60s
1)NEVER Give up your publishing rights no matter HOW much money they throw at you. If a record company balks and says "Give them up or the deal is off" walk away.
2)If you're going to get into a songwriting partnership, get, IN WRITING, how much of the song constitutes ownership. Dont leave it up for debate WHO "OWNS" the co written songs. Anyone worth a damn will be fine with this, if they balk, end the partnership. Or, do what a LOT of bands are doing now. Credit the damn thing to THE BAND. That way everyone gets a piece of the earnings. Because lets face it, outside of Yesterday would those songs be as INTERESTING without Georges and Ringos input?!
3)If someone says "I'm going to buy YOUR songs...take it seriously. Make sure points 1 and 2 are in place so you never have to deal with your own PERSONAL Michael Jackson.
These bands were SO desperate to be signed in the 60s that this kind of stuff is common place. Look up the reason why The Rolling Stones dont own the rights to their early hits! Its just nightmarish what these ghouls did to these bands.
I agree with something Paul tried to do back in the 80s/90s. He wanted to take the songs that he did the majority of the writing on(Like say...Yesterday) and have the credits switched to McCartney/Lennon. Everyone involved had a coronary arrest, which was stupidity. Its painfully OBVIOUS what songs were Johns and what ones were Pauls. Especially once we get into the later albums. It doesn't diminish either mans contributions but clearly states "If we are splitting up the catalog, this half should go to Lennons Estate and this half to Paul.
The fact this is still going on in 2023 is telling. Its got to do with how MUCH the songs are pulling in. This says to me, in the long run, the McCartney penned tunes with Lennon assist are drawing more revenue than the Lennon penned ones with Paul assisting. My response to that is....Oh well.
The sad truth is if either Paul or John has a crystal ball you would have seen records labeled "McCartney" "Lennon" "Harrison" "Starkey" They did it because they grew up on Rogers/Hammerstein etc. They were copying the greats. People can say Paul has ENOUGH money so he should just chill out. Being a musician, I know just where he is coming from. People have made ENOUGH money off of his work. They need to let it go and let the man enjoy the fruits of ALL his labor. ATV, Sony, Michael Jackson and even Yoko and Johns estate need to just let that half of it go.
Again, the proof is in the pudding. Anyone who thinks JOHN wrote half of "Yesterday" and Paul wrote HALF of "The Ballad of John and Yoko" are kidding themselves.
"3)If someone says "I'm going to buy YOUR songs...take it seriously" - Paul thought MJ was a friend so he trusted the little snake. It was inconceivable that to him that MJ would do something so dastardly. Unfortunate lesson to have to learn.
Except that Paul played on the recording of Ballad of...- that's input!
John definitely wrote the lyrics for “ballad…” but the bass line and drumming is the most distinctive part of the song and Paul wrote those. The rest is just maracas, piano and some guitar jangles. I think there’s some dispute about who actually plays electric guitar on that track or if they both play. The end guitar definitely sounds like Paul’s playing. A better example might be across the universe, where John recorded it completely on his own.
They are a special case as well, because they literally learned almost everything together, down to individual guitar chords! Their musical sensibilities were so entwined, that every song they wrote has a bit of the other one’s point of view.
Best comment I've read! He must hate paying for Yoko's butlers and astrologers
Greatest song writer ever deserves his own songs and their rights, right?
Give him his F*CKING songs back IMMEDIATELY!! Go get ‘em Paul! 💜🎶🎸
I hope he wins. It is the right thing. Many musicians do not understand music publishing and get screwed as a result. I highly recommend every musician learn about music publishing and get a really good lawyer before signing any publishing deal.
Oh please WIN THIS ONE, Paul.
Yes he deserves to win the rights to his music. I heard john fogerty just got his rights back to his music
If you ask me who’s my favorite Beatle, I say all of them!! Go Paul I hope you win!!
Paul owns the rights to Love Me Do and P.S. i Love You. He bought them from E.M.I. in the early 1990s.
Paul should have went all out to purchase the songs after yoko didn’t partner with him .
He couldn't afford it. Jackson had the money and bought the catalog,it's that simple. That little pedophile out bid him.
Why did she not partner with Paul?
@@rodgerrodger1839 he wanted to partner with yoko out of respect for his friend John Lennon but yoko wasn’t interested . That’s why he should’ve went all out . But now Paul is using the USA COPYRIGHT LAWS to. Get back his half of the songwriters credits /publishing
@@neilafacci5833 He and yoko were not getting along at the time that well. So it was not as simple as that.
Yeah thanks again Yoko for stuffing things up.
Music 🎶 belongs to Paul and John and George absolutely 💯 👌 ❤
I'd like to see Sir Paul get the rights to ALL of the Beatles' songs. He would do what's best with them.
They are Paul’s songs his creations
Success to you Paul
Paul asked Yoko to split ownership of the songs when they wanted to buy ATV for 20 million.Yoko thought they could buy ATV for half of the asking price but Michael stepped in and paid the 47.5 million for the publishing rights. That's how Michael came to own the Beatles catalog. I believe that was just half the catalog also .
Everyone should definitely express their displeasure with the estate of Michael Jackson. They(THE BEATLES) rightfully belong belong to the creators. ALL Jackson music should be BOYCOTTED until further action is taken by SONY/ATV to rightfully return 1/4 of the rights back to Paul.
@@mdillon4311 I've said this already McCartney had the money to outbid mj in 85 and he didn't thats his fault no one else's emi is a business why should they give him the music they also paid for the music same as mj he was to tight to buy the catalogue in 1985 so tough business is business
@@mdillon4311 Paul should get everything. He is more honorable than Yoko. He has demonstrated this over and over again. Sean and Julian will benefit.
@@mrbob4u495 Very true. Yoko always seemed to be the spokeswoman and promotor of John as saint Beatle all through her life. Jackson passed away and the world grieved. That must have been a tough time for Paul. He was polite and diplomatic but I would blame him if he was still seething inside. He has had to tolerate some genuinely cruel things over his lifetime.
@@tonydoherty2190 Even if that was true (and I haven't seen any evidence that he had that much finances available), McCartney truly believed that the songs published by Lennon and him should being to both of them equally and not just to one member. The reason he was trying to work with Yoko was for that reason and it ultimately was a distraction. Jackson ended up putting nearly 50 million which I imagine would have been much harder to do given a ton of his wealth was tied to investments. Either way, it didn't happen due to McCartney wanting to do what he thought was right by his friend John.
'Love Me Do' and 'P.S. I Love You' were originally published in the UK by Ardmore & Beechwood Ltd. Paul McCartney's company MPL gained control of those two songs in the early 1980s.
It’s stated that ATV has the world copyrights . That was Lennon -McCartney as composers . It wasn’t Paul’s company . THEY sold the rights not knowing the importance and value of keeping the rights .
If his company MPL has control of the rights , he wouldn’t be fighting Sony/ATV for the rights in the first place
@@dannovack1364 Perhaps you should look again at what the original poster actually typed. It was specifically in reference to "Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You" - NOT to the rest of the Lennon-McCartney songs. ATV wound up with the Northern Songs catalogue, which contained MOST (but not ALL) of the Lennon-McCartney compositions. Ardmore & Beechwood (NOT Northern Songs) was the company that published "Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You." This is how it's possible for McCartney to buy the rights to those two songs while still not having the rights to the other Lennon-McCartney songs.
I’ve watched this video over and Love Me Do and PS I Love You . Sony /ATV still has ownership to the two aforementioned songs . He’s still fighting for the rights for the two . There’s no mention of MPL ownership past or present. Of course if he did have ownership of the two songs , there would be no topic of discussion here . All we can assume at the present time is what information is on here.
@@dannovack1364 The guy in the video did a lot of sloppy research and also explains things in a very sloppy way. This is why the original poster in this message thread (MsKnighterrant) corrected him. For instance, he says "Let's take a look at how McCartney restored all of his rights" before proceeding to explain how the situation has yet to be resolved. He also says that McCartney proposed the ATV deal to Jackson before explaining that all he was really doing was advising Jackson to get into music publishing. He also mentioned that McCartney tried to buy the catalogue for 20 million from "Leno's widow" (Yoko Ono), when it was actually a joint attempt by McCartney and Ono to buy it.
And how is it that having ownership of those two songs would negate his efforts regarding the rest of the catalogue?
I suppose I have nothing to gain from however this results, but I very much prefer that the artist continue to own his works of art. Mr. McCartney has contributed so much joy with his creations. We have benefitted without contributing to him. And, while I realize that buying his albums is a contribution of sorts, it pales in comparison to what he and the others brought to life in our world. By all means, let him own his art.
I hope Paulie lives long enough to retain his share of the copyright to ALL of the L/M songs.
Karma came for the creep of pop the way it should have for Joko back around 1968.
Well said Fred!
Another Freddy here, well said!!!😎
💯Also love "creep of pop" so apt!
The Beatles knew nothing about copyrights or song ownership when they started out. They were easy targets. Paul Simon knew all about that stuff and how to publish his songs when he started writing .
Go for it lar... the songs represent sleepless nights for you and beautiful memories for all of us
Go Paul, good to see this.
You my good man Paul, you deserve rightfully, what belongs to you. Be on your toes and stay wise.
@@alfredbenedek3398 he has six of them
Sir Paul McCartney is Boss! A long time fan I am.
What a beautifully words of you ..friend.
I guess this shows the value of having a good lawyer....
Paul should have done what Dave Clark did when Clark first signed his recording deal - he kept the rights himself. He would record the DC5 music independently and would lease the master tapes to the record company. Then, after 3 years, the music would return to Clark and if the record company wanted to continue releasing DC5 music, they had to negotiate a new contract with Clark.
They were dumb kids. Paul wasn't even old enough to sign the contract himself - his father had to sign for him.
The Beatles did not get the best legal advice when they first came on the music scene in the early 1960's. Lennon and McCartney were young men who were musicians, not businessmen. Paul has learned A LOT in his lifetime & now, at age 80, he is reclaiming his rights.
@@marycostello4848 My point was that Dave Clark was just as young and was a musician. Okay, he was a film extra so he did have more experience in the business. But what he did remains quite impressive.
Unfortunately, they weren’t savvy to how the music business worked back then. Capitol records only released The Beatles and a few other groups on their label. Yet in Canada, the DC5 music and many other British Invasion groups were released on Capitol. All the record companies looked far and wide for any group that had a British accent back then. Capitol really made a mess of possibly having most of the biggest British groups including yours truly, the DC5 . They sold a lot of records for Epic back . There loss!
Dave Clark was a sharp businessman. Many musicians got ripped off in the 1960's.
PAUL & JOHN SPENT BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS WRITING THOSE SONGS (GET THEM BACK PAUL THERE YOURS !!!!
They had writers that wrote most if not all their songs. It’s was all a lie
Look up Tavistock
@@hq9344 Absolute rubbish .. be more careful what you read ...
@@tjcint it’s not rubbish. There are powers at work, that would make your head spin. I don’t expect you to believe nor do I care, but it’s the truth whether you like it or not
@@hq9344 It is not the truth at all. You have been deceived but don't yet realize.
@@tjcint ok. You got it.
He definitely deserves all his works he created! I was very disappointed when M J did that to him . ‘Its just business, Paul. ‘
I heard Paul originally bid 88 million for the rights to his songs. Michael obviously outbid him by 2 million? That whole deal put a big splinter in their relationship to this day.
Michael was way too greedy. He screwed his friend over a bunch of songs. And he already made plenty of money. What a heartless vulture.
@@dannovack1364 thats really strange these figures I've heard it a few times that mj paid 47 and a half million dollars for the catalogue so yes pm could of outbid him if he really wanted the music
@@kroakie4 Yep I agree. Jackson screwed him and Yoko did not much better.
Paul has always seemed to have to fight for integrity when it comes to his own legacy.
I recall back in the 1980s when CBS-TV [US] had a televised special that followed McCartney on tour, the subject of Jackson licensing rights to some of the songs for TV commercial products, elicited the response from McCartney [paraphrasing]: 'I'm going to have a talk with Michael about that.'
The way I understand it, many bands in the 60s sold the rights to their songs wholesale for cash income thinking it was a good business decision. Turns out most of them were wrong.
Crazy thing is that McCartney, who had the money to do so, was given first dibs on the catalog twice and refused both times because he felt it was too "pricey". DOH!!!
I get it. Paying for something you are responsible for creating would sting. Badly. Imagine painting a masterpiece, then displaying for all the world to enjoy at a museum. Now you want it back but the museum owner decides you need to buy it back. Cooking the food all day in the restaurant then charged for a bite. Not sure I could.
@@annother258 Not as much of a sting compared to someone else (a supposed friend, of all people) literally paying peanuts (in today's money) for it. Ouch! Btw, it wasn't only his songs-it was John Lennon's as well. Btw, did I happen to mention "John Lennon's songs" as well? A billion dollar-sting to be precise. Ouch!!
Michael would have been a decent human to have worked out a deal with Paul once he realized Paul wanted to buy the catalog.
McCartney doesn't like parting with money
Paul McCartney already owns his song since 2018 but secret clause forbids him to discuss the issue
Paul should have paid the 50 million for the songs when he had the chance. He attempted to get Yoko to go in half to get the songs, but she declined. When she made her choice, Paul should have gotten the songs himself. He should have known the catalog would double in value within 20 years.
Fogherty got his songs back.
Sir Paul McCartney hanging in there and fighting for what is his creation of, just indelible and personal for him but his fans all over the world.
When Michael Jackson did what he did and obtained that song book, I just didn't care for Michael as much. Something about the character of a fellow performer, musician, ect: someone with whom you had collaborated with on a song and video, just was sooooo covert and disrespectful. Soooo much stuff goes on in business of any kind, but this happening in and between artists, made me sick. Sooo
I have been waiting for Sir Paul McCartney to get back what was taken from him. Reminds me of the ongoing battle with Prince's music. Keep on keeping on Sir Paul.
I am happy for you.
Yes there his songs. He should own them.
Definitely
Yes!!! He deserves the songs that he created with his own mind and spent hours creating and putting together those songs. It really is a travesty that he has had to wait all these years to try and get them back. I don't know if everyone truly realizes how special a song can mean to the creator. And for someone who you thought was your friend to pull such a back stabing move that Michael Jackson did.And then to profit off of someone else's work.Thats horrible. I truly hope and pray that Paul McCartney gets his art back from the thieves that stole it from him.
Yes. Hope he can reclaim his rights. And the other families also. 🎵
It’s a fair thing for the writer to have control John will be happy
John's dead. Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6, 10, Ezekiel 18:4, Matthew 10:28, Rev. 21:8. 🔥
Yes Paul should have the rights to all his songs. This should be the right of all artists work!!! And the thieves should be duly prosecuted for their crimes.
I don’t understand. Didn’t he sell it to begin with? If so, then he made the bargain and didn’t appreciate how much his creations would be worth. If he wants them he should have to buy them just like anyone else.
Yes, back when they signed their agreement with Brian Epstein and his partner, that involved them signing publishing rights. Happens all the time and none of the band members knew or understood what they were giving up.
Wonder why Billy wants the copyright to The Beatles songs, money I'm guessing
I am on Paul's side. He deserves to own these songs as part of his estate.
There's music and then there's the music business. And a nasty business it is. But let's not forget, MANY musicans have been heavily financially rewarded for their music, and in large part, the music business has made that possible. No way would a group on the level of U2, Rolling Stones, the Jacksons, or Beatles have become as well off as they did if not for the machinery of the Biz. That being said, I am glad Paul has a path to regain the publishing to his songs. Seems only right after all this time and the Biz has made plenty of $$$$$$ off of those songs.
WOOOO-HOOOOOO - NICE JOB, MACCA!!!!!! 🙏☘🍀🥂
I hope he gets the rights back. They were probably stolen from him without his knowledge (small print in a contract).
I remember when Michael Jackson outbid Paul and Yoko for the ATV catalogue paying $47.5M, (the Northern Lights catalogue) which contained the Beatles songs. Most industry insiders thought he vastly over paid for it at that time. In 2016 Sony/ATV paid Michael's estate $750M for the 50% that Michael still owned. Based on a multiple of 30x the yearly earnings of the Beatles catalogue, it's probably worth somewhere between $1.5 & $2B today. The copyright under British law the copyrights will extend another 90 years after Paul's death before entering public domain.
Go for it Paul!
Excellent coverage of this topic, here. Thumbs aloft on this video! However, one thing: ATV (a division of Associated Television in Britain) was not created by The Beatles in any fashion. ATV was a publishing company originally formed in the late 1950s, before The Beatles became a group. It's easy to get lost in the weeds with music publishing in general. Great job here aboard the Submarine. Cheers
Great!
Way to go, Paul!
This is not James Paul McCartney (1942-1966). This is William Shepherd. Paul McCartney died and was replaced in 1966.
Bingo killed Ringo in 1975 and no one talks about it!!!
Rights should be where they belong-with Paul!!
I want to hold your hand, ed Sullivan. My first TV sight of them.
He had first dibs on buying back his catalog TWICE and passed both times as he felt that it would have been wrong to buy back his own "babies". On the other hand, Michael Jackson had no qualms in buying them (and at a much higher price than the price offered to Paul!) and did just that. Fair is fair. You make your bed, you lie in it..
ABSOLUTELY ❣️❣️❣️💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Paul is getting up there.
Soon I expect him to start singing:"Well she was just seventy."
Of course! Happy Paul chooses to stand up for artist creativity.
He should have exclusive rights to songs he actually created!
Was there another recent filing? I thought this was settled out of court in June, 2017.
Dave Clark had it correct all along. He NEVER gave up his rights! 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
GO SIR PAUL💙💙💙🌹🌹🌹💋💋💋🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
The Beatles did not form ATV (Associated Television). It was a British broadcasting company formed by Lew Grade in the 50's. The Beatles publishing company was called Northern Songs which was formed in partnership with British music publisher Dick James and his partner. Lennon and McCartney only had a small minority stake in the company. In 1969, Dick James and his business partner sold Northern Songs to Lew Grade and ATV without giving Lennon or McCartney an option to buy it. The Lennon/McCartney penned Beatles Songs (George and Ringo's songs were not published by Northern Songs so they retained ownership of their own songs) have been owned by ATV (which Jackson acquired in 1985 and Sony then acquired in 1995) ever since.
they lost the copyright due to innocence ,good luck paul,been a fan since 60 years
What a dirty business. I knew that MJ had purchased the Beatles songs, but wasn't certain how that happened. This is so sad. YES...I want Paul McCartney to be successful in obtaining the right to all the songs he wrote. Just in the US? Shame on Sony!
"Love Me Do" is right up there with "Twinkle, twinkle little star". I'd be ashamed to own rights to that tune.
twinkle twinkle little star was written by mozart. another masterpiece from another genius to stand the test of time. unlike todays trash made on a laptop in mommys basement by morons who cant even play an instrument.
I never believed in copyright laws period. I think they discourage more creativity than encourage it.
The rights to "Love Me Do" and to "P.S. I Love You", the first Beatles Single, are already in the posession of Paul´s own publishing company MPL, at least since 1982, as these songs were not part of ATV Music, they were owned by a company called "Ardmore & Beechwood", once a part of the EMI ownned publishing catalogue that was later sold to MPL along with the rights to countless other music classics, although no other Beatles songs were among them!
There’s a legal aspect that should be examined here. At some point, rights were sold without their knowledge. That’s fraud. Just pursuing this case would open up a can of worms but the satisfaction of returning rights l feel would be so very satisfying. Good luck and hope Sir McCartney wins this legal fight!
Wasn't Alan Klein largely responsible?
@@triplejazzmusicisall1883Seems so
How could they be talking about "songs written by Lennon and McCartney between 1962 and 1971" when The Beatles broke up in 1970? I believe the last song they wrote together was "I've Got a Feeling" in 1970.
Ive got a feeling was performed live at the rooftop gig in january 1969 so it was clearly written before that even and not in 1970, the album "Let it be" which it is on was finally released 1970.
Paul fully right,
he wrote and he own it !
SONY has enough earned with !
So good to own his own songs
If he/they hadn't composed & written this catalogue, no one would have/be making any money. They are yours by right Paul , don't let it Be
It’s a travesty! No respect for MJ or his family who also refused to sell Paul back his songs when given by the chance. It’s about righting a wrong done to so he kids who did Ty know as my better. It’s the shameful story of the music business.
Copyrights to music should always revert to the Author and it shouldn't take 50 years, it shouldn't even take 25 years. If the Author wants to sell them again to a Publishing Company they can do that. Businesses set up rules to benefit themselves, they want to own patents forever as well as copyrights, to the detriment of Artists and society. Why the Beatles had no say in the selling of their publishing rights to their own songs is ridiculous, probably Allen Klein.
Yea Paul. Those record companies tool advantage of music artists for decades. Lonnie Donagan made almost no money from his top 10 songs in late 50s
Yeh, I remembered when Jackson told him he had bought their catalog.
This is old story. McCartney negotiated the return of his Beatles song rights back in 2017. Copyright law meant he was going to get them back after 50 years so Sony agreed to return them early, no douby for a price.
The reason why Lennon and McCartney lost the rights back in the 1960s was because they set up a publically owned company then transferred the songs rights to the company. This was to avoid taxes but one of their co-owners, Dick James, sold his share to ATV to cash in.
Go for it Sir Paul!
Paul is the greatest he deserves it all I've been a fan for years.... give them hell Paul
Absolutely! Songs rights should go to the one that wrote them! Such a travesty that Beatles don’t own their own creations
Dave Clark was the only performer of the era who understood how the business worked. He owned the DC5 masters and leased them to the record company.
Paul and John wrote them.
Paul and John own them.
Regardless of the minutiae of "legal speak", the songs wouldn't have existed unless Paul and John had written them. Intellectually, they're theirs. Culturally, they're theirs. Morally They're theirs. They shared the music with the world. Everyone knows they wrote them.
The songs are theirs.
The shame of this situation is unscrupulous Lawyers will always find ways to make money out of it.
But, c' Mon, they're Lennon McCartney. What's to argue against.
The business of the music business is so evil to the ones that actually create the music . They were forced to go along with the label's insistence calling songs Lennon-McCartney regardless of who actually wrote or contributed to the song's creation . More power to " Sir Paul " . May he live long and prosper !
I hope he and the the rest of the Beatles can reclaim ALL their rights to THEIR property!!
John reportedly once daid, " the only time an artist owns their songs is when it's in their heads. Once it's out in the public, they no longer OWN it really". So , I hope Paul gets what he wants but the reality is, the songs he and John wrote haven't been "theirs" for years. They belong to the world actually. Go ahead, sign them...... We all live in a yellow submarine, yellow submarine. We all live in a yellow submarine, yellow submarine. Good luck Paul.
This is not complicated it's simple there his songs let the man have his songs back
I agree
I agree with the morality and the ethical values of what you say. It's such a pity that the law is not always in alignment with what is decent and right. Sadly it is the laws of different countries that make things complicated. It shouldn't be this way though.
When ownership of an art belongs to someone who doesn't have anything to do with its creation, the system must be wrong.
The day Jackson allowed Revolution to be used in a Nike commercial was a sad day in music history.
Remember it was stopped almost immediately
I want him to get 'em back. and although Ringo did not also write them, I think his contributions made the songs great. I'd love to see Paul share a little of that future profit with Ringo and his heirs. Plenty to go around!
Also, if I may, here is a crash course on music copyright basics, as I notice a lot of confusion here. Here we go. Think of copyright payments (not performance, not records royalties, ONLY the royalities on the song publishing itself) as a big pie. Half that pie, 50%, is reserved for the songwriter(s). With Lennon-McCartney songs, Paul and John ALWAYS received their full royalties AS WRITERS. But that's 50% of the pie. The other half is for the publishing companies. Artists did not own their own publishing in the 1960s. In the case of The Beatles the companies MacLen and Northern Songs were set up to handle the publishing. But The Beatles were not publishers, so to get the songs published they joined forces with a man named Dick James. He took the lion's share of the company because he was the real PUBLISHER, ok? He was generous giving manager Brian Epstein a bit of his slice of pie, and Lennon and McCartney each a bit. Eventually, to make more money for all of them, they took Northern Songs public, and that is where the plan went off the road, because you are now at the mercy of other shareholders. If you want that story look up some good Beatles books on this subject (I am not sure if the ones i have are still in print). Believe it or not, the Beatles got more than a lot of songwriters did, because some were cheated out of their own copyrights and writer royalties. But that's a story for another day.
Its abhorrent that Beatle songs should be exploited outside of their control, they made it, it's theirs or any remaining Beatles.
Totally behind Sir Paul in this matter.
It's funny that more artists in the 60s didn't go straight to Dave Clark to get advice on how to get their publishing. Every top British band knew that Clark had retained the rights to his publishing from the get go, but everyone continued to "trust" their management and in the end they lost everything. The Beatles didn't do too badly only because they were so huge. John Fogerty just recently got his songs back due to the 50 year rule. Their music has been used and abused for 50 years. I wonder now what will happen to it when it gets returned to them. Never hear any new mixes or releases again. And they'll make no money just because they are "protecting" their music, and that's fine.
Paul has been shafted on multiple occasions over this and people have gotten a lot of 'his' money as a result. Disgusting and unfair.
at his age, the last thing he needs to concern himself with is copywritten material. he could be in the permanent horizontal position at any minute.
2:40 ATV wasn't created by The Beatles and their managers / associates; that was Northern Songs. In 1969, Associated Television (ATV) became the majority stakeholder of Northern Songs.
I don't really want to be contrarian, but Paul and the other Beatles have no-one to blame but themselves for this situation. No-one stole the publishing rights from them: they sold them fair and square. Selling publishing rights was and continues to be a very common thing for songwriters, enabling them to get a large amount of immediate revenue. And actually, The Beatles were unusual for even (partially) retaining their publishing in the first place. And McCartney had the opportunity to buy back the rights when ATV went up for sale, but he decided that they were overpriced and passed on it, which is what opened the door for Jackson to buy them. The irony here is that Jackson had more faith in the long-term value of those songs than either Paul or Yoko did.
A**!!!