Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 87291, member: 27"] A courtroom loss just morphed into a fresh appellate fight as Salt-N-Pepa push back against Universal Music Group over who actually controls their master recordings. Salt-N-Pepa appeals copyright loss [LIST] [*]Salt-N-Pepa filed an appeal after Judge Denise Cote tossed their case. [*]February paperwork landed in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. [*]Cote had ruled they never possessed the sound recording copyrights. [*]Because of that finding, Section 203 termination rights were shut down. [/LIST] How the 1986 contracts backfired [LIST] [*]Cheryl James and Sandra Denton first signed with Noise In The Attic Productions Inc. [*]That deal handed master ownership to Hurby Azor’s company. [*]Same day, Azor shifted rights to Next Plateau Records. [*]Inducement letter signatures failed to convince the judge. [/LIST] Termination notices and fallout [LIST] [*]March 2022 saw the duo send termination notices to UMG. [*]June 2022 brought UMG’s rejection of those notices. [*]May 2024 triggered removals of dozens of tracks from US streaming. [*]In July 2024, a temporary exploitation pact was created that ended in April 2025. [/LIST] Money, masters, and missing music [LIST] [*]The original complaint claimed about 1000000 dollars in five months of sync revenue. [*]Annual exploitation allegedly pulls in tens of millions of dollars. [*]Early catalog remains unavailable on US streaming platforms. [*]November 2025 marked their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. [/LIST] Richard S. Busch joins the fight [LIST] [*]Richard S. Busch of King and Ballow entered as appellate counsel. [*]In 2018, Busch backed the Marvin Gaye heirs against Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke. [*]That year, he also represented The Script in a dispute with James Arthur. [*]Later cases involved Yellowcard, Juice Wrld, and Travis Scott. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

Name