When finding a joint authorship, the court may award less than one half of the interest, in this case 33%.
Citations:
[2004] EMLR 5
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Fisher v Brooker and Another ChD 20-Dec-2006
The claimant said that he had contributed to the copyright in the song ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’ but had been denied royalties. He had played the organ and particularly the organ solo which had contrbuted significantly to the fame of the record.
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Intellectual Property
Updated: 01 May 2022; Ref: scu.247518