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GOLDEN OLDIES? – Gallo Music v Sting Music

Posted on May 18, 2012

GOLDEN OLDIES? – Gallo Music v Sting Music

Gallo Music and Sting Music have locked horns in the South Gauteng Division of the High Court over copyright in certain songs named Thula Baba, Unomathemba and Siliwelile.  Gallo claims that it owns the copyright in these songs and that Sting therefore required their authority to include them in the stage musical Umoja and that it is entitled to claim royalties arising out of the inclusion of these songs in the musical.  Sting, on the other hand, claims that the songs are traditional and therefore in the public domain with the result that they are free for use by everyone, including...

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