A Judge In Britain Has Settled A Copyright Dispute Over A Track By Mark E. Smith's Cult Rock Group The Fall.
Former bandmember Julia Adamson, also known as Julia Nagle, and producer Steven Sharples, took Smith's publishing company Minder Music Ltd to court to contest ownership of Touch Sensitive, a track from the U.K. group's 1999 album The Marshall Suite.
Adamson claimed the song was a development of a track she previously wrote with Smith and performed on U.K. radio in 1998, while Sharples was adamant he added music and lyrics to the album version and also deserved a share of the proceeds.
A judge at London's High Court listened to three versions of the song - the radio broadcast, a live performance and the album recording - and ruled Adamson and Sharples should share the royalties with Smith's publisher.
They will all be given a third of the proceeds each.
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