McCartney will get the Beatles catalogue back

Paul McCartney is to win back the rights to his tracks owned by Michael Jackson.

Thu, 15 Aug, 2013 - 09:14

Paul McCartney is to win back the rights to his tracks owned by Michael Jackson.

The Beatles frontman fell out with the ‘Thriller’ hitmaker after he lost ownership of his songs over 30 years ago, but under the 1976 US Copyright Act, any content penned before 1978 becomes the property of the songwriter after 56 years.

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