Copyright Terminations
In an historic ruling on May 7, 2012, in accordance with the Copyright Act of 1976, the United States District Court for the Southern District of California ruled that Willis can terminate his copyrights granted to publisher Scorpio Music and Can't Stop Productions because "a joint author who separately transfers his copyright interest may unilaterally terminate the grant." Willis will own (recapture) 33% of "Go West" "Y.M.C.A." "In the Navy," and other songs written for Village People and other acts. This percentage will increase to 50% if the songs are proven to have been written by solely by him and Jacques Morali, with no contribution from Henri Belolo (Morali's former business partner) who claimed credit as a writer.
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