Law360, New York (May 08, 2012, 3:20 PM ET) -- Original lead singer of The Village People, Victor Willis, on Monday won a landmark copyright termination dispute when a California federal judge allowed the musician to recover rights to "YMCA," "In the Navy" and other songs due to a decades-old change in the Copyright Act.
U.S. District Judge Barry T. Moskowitz upheld a change in the U.S. Copyright Act made in the mid-1970s that gave musicians the ability to reclaim the rights to their songs starting in 2013, 35 years after the changes took effect in...
Village People Singer Wins Copyright Termination Suit
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