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We Shall Overcome Foundation v. The Richmond Organization, Inc. (TRO Inc.) et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:16-cv-02725

Court:

New York Southern

Nature of Suit:

Copyright

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Denise L. Cote

Firms

  1. August 13, 2018

    Attys Say More Fees Needed After 'We Shall Overcome' Win

    Two weeks after a federal judge ordered the former owner of "We Shall Overcome" to repay the attorneys who successfully freed the iconic song from copyright protection, those lawyers are arguing they should have been paid much more.

  2. July 31, 2018

    After 'We Shall Overcome' Loss, Music Co. Hit With Attys' Fees

    Months after admitting that "We Shall Overcome" was no longer protected by copyright, the publisher that for years claimed to own it was ordered Tuesday to repay the legal bills spent proving the iconic protest song was in the public domain.

  3. March 13, 2018

    Music Publisher Fights Fees After 'We Shall Overcome' Loss

    Six weeks after admitting that the 1960s protest song "We Shall Overcome" was in copyright law's public domain, a music publisher that claimed to own the song is fighting back against a request for more than $1 million in attorneys' fees.

  4. January 26, 2018

    'We Shall Overcome' In Public Domain, Publisher Agrees

    A music publisher that claimed to own the copyright to 1960s protest song "We Shall Overcome" agreed to a settlement Friday that concedes the famous song is in the public domain.

  5. September 09, 2017

    'We Shall Overcome' Verse Loses Copyright Protection

    A New York federal judge ruled Friday that the lyrics and melody to the first verse of Pete Seeger's classic civil rights song "We Shall Overcome" aren't protected by copyright, finding the first verse of the 1960s Seeger version doesn't differ sufficiently from a 1948 public domain version to warrant protection.

  6. August 04, 2017

    Seeger Made 'We Shall Overcome' An Anthem, Owners Say

    The owners of Pete Seeger copyrights urged a New York federal judge on Friday not to usher the iconic 1960s civil rights song "We Shall Overcome" into the public domain without a trial, arguing that the filmmakers suing to do so have failed to refute that changes to a similar anonymous spiritual are nontrivial and copyrightable.

  7. November 21, 2016

    Judge Won't Toss Case Over 'We Shall Overcome'

    A New York federal judge Monday refused to toss out a class action aimed at proving that 1960s protest song "We Shall Overcome" is in the public domain, allowing the copyright case to proceed toward trial.

  8. August 08, 2016

    'We Shall Overcome' Copyright Is 'Bogus,' Filmmaker Says

    The filmmakers suing to prove that 1960s protest song "We Shall Overcome" is in the public domain on Friday blasted a recent bid to toss the class action, urging a federal judge to give them a shot at invalidating a "bogus copyright."

  9. July 19, 2016

    'We Shall Overcome' Not Public Domain, Publisher Says

    The publishers that own the rights to 1960s protest song "We Shall Overcome" have asked a New York federal court to toss out a proposed class action aimed at proving the civil rights movement anthem is actually in the public domain.

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