The musicians, including singer-songwriter Syd Straw and members of rock bands The Dickies and The Dream Syndicate, have unique situations that require separate lawsuits, U.S. District Judge Lewis KaplanThey had hoped to represent a much larger class of artists who filed termination notices with UMG.
UMG argues the musicians cannot reclaim the copyrights because the songs were "works made for hire" for which the termination right does not apply. Kaplan found that questions of whether each work was made for hire and every notice was valid were too fact-specific to justify a single class action.against Sony Music by musicians including former New York Dolls singer David Johansen has been paused since 2021 for settlement discussions.
Can they jam together at least?