Sir PaulMcCartney and Sony 'reach deal' on The Beatles song rights

保羅·麥卡特尼爵士與索尼公司就披頭士樂隊的歌曲版權(quán)達成協(xié)議

詹姆斯·保羅·麥卡特尼（James Paul McCartney）前披頭士樂隊成員

Sir Paul McCartney and Sony have a reached a deal in a battle over who owns publishing rights to The Beatles' songs, The Hollywood Reporter says.

經(jīng)過多年的努力，保羅·麥卡特尼爵士和索尼公司就誰擁有披頭士樂隊的歌曲出版版權(quán)一事終于達成了協(xié)議。

The musician had gone to a US court, seeking to regain the rights to 267 of the band's classic tracks.

在此之前，這位音樂人曾前往美國法院，試圖重新取得該樂隊267首經(jīng)典曲目的版權(quán)。

He has been trying to get them back since the 1980s, when Michael Jackson famously out-bid him for the rights.

實際上保羅·麥卡特尼從1980年代開始起，就一直在努力找回這些歌曲的版權(quán)，可是當時著名的邁克爾 杰克遜以高于他的出價取得了這267首歌曲的版權(quán)。

邁克爾杰克遜

Jackson's debt-ridden estate sold the songs to Sony last year, along with others including New York, New York.

去年，深陷債務(wù)危機的杰克遜遺產(chǎn)管理者把這些歌曲的版權(quán)以及其它的包括《紐約，紐約》（Frank Sinatra 代表金曲）這樣金曲的版權(quán)賣給了索尼公司。

Sir Paul's legal case, filed in a Manhattan court in January, was over what is known as copyright termination - the right of authors to reclaim ownership of their works from music publishers after a specific length of time has passed.

保羅爵士的訴狀在一月份的時候遞交給了曼哈頓法庭，當時是以終結(jié)版權(quán)為名義提起的訴訟。終結(jié)版權(quán)的意思是——在音樂出版商超過了特定保護時間之后，著作者可以申請追回版權(quán)擁有權(quán)。

He claimed that he was set to reacquire the Beatles songs in 2018, but said Sony had not confirmed that it would transfer the copyrights to him.

他說，他原本應(yīng)該在2018年可以重新要回披頭士的這些歌曲的版權(quán)，但是并不能確認到時候索尼會依據(jù)美國的版權(quán)保護法律將這些歌的版權(quán)轉(zhuǎn)交給他。

“The parties have resolved this matter by entering into a confidential settlement agreement," Sir Paul's attorney Michael Jacobs wrote in a letter to US District Judge Edgardo Ramos.

“各方在簽署了一份保密協(xié)議后就此解決了這一問題，“保羅爵士的代理律師邁克爾的賈科布在寫給美國區(qū)域法官埃德加都 拉莫斯的一封信上說。

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rights：版權(quán)

Beatles：甲殼蟲樂隊，披頭士樂隊

Sir ：爵士

musician ：音樂家、音樂人

regain：復(fù)得，重新取得，收復(fù)

confidential settlement ：秘密協(xié)議