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To: JakeStraw who wrote (21937)8/1/2000 12:03:08 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.  Read Replies (1) of 49843
 
this a month old but new to me:

Court rules Rolling Stones illegally
"borrowed" two Robert Johnson tunes
THE ARTS REPORT - CBC Radio

SAN FRANCISCO - An appeals court
in the U.S. has ruled that the Rolling
Stones improperly borrowed two of
their songs from Mississippi blues artist
Robert Johnson.

The court decided that Johnson's songs
were not in the public domain, even
though his record company failed to
copyright them during the 1930s.

The two songs in question are Love In
Vain and Stop Breakin' Down, which
the Rolling Stones recorded in the late
1960s and early 1970s.

The lawsuit by the small record
company Delta Haze did not name the
members of the Rolling Stones
themselves. The judgement is against
the Stones' former record label,
ABKCO Music.

The case now goes back to a court in
Los Angeles to determine if Delta Haze
will receive any financial compensation.

Johnson is considered one of the
creators of the Delta blues. According
to legend, he traded his soul to the devil
in return for a haunting talent on the
guitar. Johnson died in 1938, allegedly
from drinking poisoned whiskey.
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