Episode 149 – The Beatles vs their publishing
Rock N Roll Bedtime Stories
English - June 07, 2023 04:15 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsMusic History Music Comedy Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The guys have a run-in with copyright law and pull a listener letter about the notorious fight 2 of the Fab Four endured trying to own their own songs.
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SHOW NOTES
https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/beatles-catalog-paul-mccartney-brief-history-ownership-7662519/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_music_publishing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_James
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Songs
https://www.beatlesstory.com/blog/2021/12/20/dick-james-becoming-the-beatles/
The Statute of Anne deep dive: https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?entryid=3389#
https://www.culturesonar.com/three-men-who-helped-bring-us-the-beatles/
Beatles music ownership timeline: https://producerhive.com/ask-the-hive/who-owns-the-beatles-music-the-entire-timeline
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Records
Promo video of the Apple/Dick James meeting: https://amoralto.tumblr.com/post/111321506407/june-1968-apple-wigmore-street-london-in-a
Details of the Dick James sale: https://www.the-paulmccartney-project.com/1969/03/dick-james-sells-his-northern-songs-shares-to-atv/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Grade
https://www.the-paulmccartney-project.com/1969/04/the-beatles-and-atv-fight-for-northern-songs/
https://www.the-paulmccartney-project.com/1969/09/atv-gains-majority-stake-in-northern-songs/