![]() ![]() Subsequent to that deal, Sherlyn Music Publishing was sold to Windswept Pacific Music Publishing, which was in turn bought by EMI Music Publishing, which was then itself later acquired by Sony Music Publishing. The two men had previously set up a publishing company together to control their rights, which in turn had done deals with a company called Sherlyn Music Publishing.īut – having fallen out with his former bandmate and songwriting partner – the 1983 deal saw Finch walk away from that company too, as well as giving up both his share in the KC & The Sunshine Band copyrights and his writer’s share in any royalties. Although even on the songs side, there are some technicalities that can get in the way.įinch is trying to terminate a 1983 deal via which he assigned his share in the KC & The Sunshine Band songs he had co-written to the band’s lead singer – and the other co-writer of those works – Harry Wayne Casey. ![]() However, on the songs side the termination right has proven less controversial, and songwriters have been routinely terminating old publishing contracts and reclaiming their rights for sometime now. Though plenty of artists dispute this viewpoint and there are test cases against all the majors currently working their way through the courts. Within the record industry there remains some dispute as to whether the termination right applies to record contracts, with many labels arguing that they are the default owners of any recordings made by artists they sign, so no assignment of copyright actually takes place, meaning there is no assignment to terminate. Under current US copyright law the termination right kicks in after 35 years. That termination right allows music-makers who assign their copyrights to a business partner to terminate that assignment and reclaim their rights – albeit only in the US – after a set period of time. ![]() Richard Finch – a founder member of KC & The Sunshine Band who co-wrote some of the group’s biggest hits – has sued EMI Longitude Music, part of Sony Music Publishing, in a bid to force the termination right under US copyright law in relation to a stack of songs including ‘That’s The Way I Like It’. "I had no idea how far I had fallen until I could look at myself with clear and sober eyes," he said in a statement he read to the court yesterday.Artist News Business News Labels & Publishers Legal Former KC & The Sunshine Band member Richard Finch sues Sony Music Publishing in termination right dispute By Chris Cooke | Published on Monday 11 October 2021 The bass guitarist was interviewed by the Licking County Sheriff's Office and confessed to having sex with the boy and others ranging in age from 13 to 17, police said.įinch blamed his problems with alcohol abuse for his crimes. ![]() In addition to prison time, Finch will be classified as a Tier II sex offender and obligated to register his address with authorities every 180 days for 25 years.įinch was arrested in March after a young boy told authorities he had sexual contact with the musician at his home. RICHARD Finch, co-founder and bassist of 1970s disco hitmakers KC and the Sunshine Band, was sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually abusing several teenage boys.įinch, 56, whose basslines were heard on hits like Shake Your Booty and That's The Way (I Like It), pleaded no contest yesterday in Newark, Ohio, to one count of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, three counts of importuning, or making improper advances, and seven counts of sexual imposition, the Columbus Dispatchsaid.Ĭourt records showed that Finch had seven victims, three of whom were 14 or 15 years old at the time of the crimes. ![]()
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