In December 2020, Bob Dylan sold his entire catalog to Universal Music Group.
A nice Christmas present for the Minnesota bard, who pocketed $ 300 million in the process and signed the biggest sale to date in the history of the music industry.
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In the impressive transaction, some details seem to have escaped Robert Zimmerman's lawyers.
As revealed by
The New York Post
, legal action against the singer has been launched by Claudia Levy, widow of composer Jacques Levy.
Her late husband indeed co-wrote several tracks from the album
Desire
, released in 1976, including the hit
Hurricane
.
She is now claiming $ 7.25 million from the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature.
For the prosecution, the Dylan clan "
intentionally and maliciously ignored the rights of the plaintiff"
, especially on the income generated by
Desire
, reports the media of the East Coast.
In all, the Levy family must receive 35% of every penny generated by the co-signed compositions, including, therefore, through the repurchase of the catalog.
"
This lawsuit is a sad attempt to take unfair advantage of the recent catalog sale
," attorney for
Blowin 'in the Wind
author
Orin Snyder said in a statement.
According to him, "
the plaintiffs received all that was due to them
".
“
We are confident that we will be successful.
And when we do, we will hold the plaintiffs and their lawyers accountable for this baseless case
, ”he concluded.
