US EditionUK Trial Opens in Dispute over Jimi Hendrix Recordings
The estates claim exclusion from royalties on three iconic 1960s Hendrix albums, contesting the rights with Sony Music UK amid ongoing legal proceedings.
- On Tuesday, the UK High Court heard the estates of Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell sue SMEUK over rights to three Hendrix albums, with trial due to conclude on December 18.
- Estate lawyers say Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell `died in relative poverty` despite 1970s New York settlements paying 100,000 US dollars and 247,500 US dollars, while streaming-era revenues grow.
- The dispute focuses on sound recording copyright and performers' rights in Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold As Love, and Electric Ladyland, recorded in the 1960s by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, formed in 1966.
- SMEUK says it has used the recordings in the UK since 2009 and Mr Howe asked the court to dismiss the claim as equivalent to suing a sub-tenant for ownership.
- With performers' rights at stake, the dispute involves the Jimi Hendrix Experience and raises issues over legacy catalogues and streaming revenue, while successors to Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell `died in relative poverty`.
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Jimi Hendrix’s former bandmates died in “relative poverty” while record labels continue to profit from their work through streaming, according to claims made by their estates in a major legal dispute. The estates of bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell have filed a case against Sony Music Entertainment UK (SMEUK) in the High Court. […]
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