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Jimi Hendrix's family threatens song 'owners' with legal action

Mike_Diver by Mike Diver [Edit this content] ▾ 2 comments 12:21 October 27th, 2006
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Does anyone else find the idea of someone without a musical bone in their body 'owning' someone else's song a little wrong? Just me? I hope not.

The lastest installment of the ever-continuing legal battle between relatives of dearly departed musicians and those that claim to own their songs stars the really-very-dead Jimi Hendrix, who has existed on a far-from-physical plane since 1970.

An auction held yesterday and featuring a number of items from the estate of the late Michael Jeffery - Hendrix's manager who died in 1973 - saw a number of Hendrix songs sell for around eight million pounds.

Experience Hendrix - a company owned by Jimi's family - has now announced that they will fight for the official ownership of songs such as Voodoo Chile'. Experience Hendrix claims it already owns the rights to Jimi's songs, and a spokesman remarked to the BBC:

"Whoever bought this bought themselves the right to be a litigant."

Told, that man. Or woman.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

erm

find the idea? Find it? Nope, lost it.

Jesus_Quintana | 27 Oct '06, 12:34 | X | Reply

bf

I'll proofread for you if you like. Minimum wage is fine.

grockle | 27 Oct '06, 12:46 | X | Reply

^ this

ladyoftheflowers @grockle | 27 Oct '06, 13:11 | X | Reply

bf

that's better, but 'Micael Jeffery' should be 'Michael Jeffrey'.

I was a teenaged Hendrix geek, innit.

grockle | 27 Oct '06, 13:26 | X | Reply

well the person with said musical bone

just decided to alter the way they financially benefitted from their talent from a royalty stream to a one off payment

or died and gave it to their loved ones

alcxxk | 27 Oct '06, 13:29 | X | Reply

bf

what about 'Jeffrey'? ;)

grockle @Mike_Diver | 27 Oct '06, 13:32 | X | Reply

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