5th Circuit: Songwriter Terminated Copyrights For Song Around The World

( January 14, 2026, 11:21 AM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS —  A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel agreed with a Louisiana federal judge’s determination that a songwriter and his corporation, and not a music publication company, own the worldwide copyrights associated with the early rock ‘n’ roll song “Double Shot (Of My Baby’s Love).”...