The case related to about 40 studio recordings<\/a> of the Jimi Hendrix Experience\u2019s performances recorded in the 1960s.<\/p>\nRedding and Mitchell, who both died in the 2000s, formed the band with Hendrix in 1966 and the group broke up shortly before the Seattle guitarist died at the age of 27, following a drug overdose in 1970.<\/p>\n
The two estates sought a declaration over shares in the ownership of the copyrights for the recordings themselves, and the ownership of rights related to the performance involved in making that recording.<\/p>\n
The estates of Redding and Mitchell also sought an inquiry as to what they could have been owed.<\/p>\n
SMEUK defended the case, denying any infringement, with lawyers for the label telling the court that it was the producers of the albums who owned the original recording copyright, not the musicians, and the estates of Redding and Mitchell are therefore not entitled to it.<\/p>\n
In a ruling on Tuesday, Mr Justice Johnson dismissed the estates\u2019 claims and, in a 140-page ruling, said a clause of the recording agreement was \u201cclear and unequivocal\u201d.<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cThe producers and the band members agreed that the producers would have the copyright throughout the world in the recordings \u2026 There was no temporal or territorial limitation to this agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n
Redding and Mitchell played on the group\u2019s three studio albums: Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love and Electric Ladyland, landmarks in psychedelic rock which contain classics such as Purple Haze, Little Wing, Hey Joe and Foxey Lady.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson said SMEUK was \u201cthankful\u201d the case had come to an end after more than four years, adding: \u201cThey are also pleased that the high court confirmed that there has been no infringement of any rights and that they are fully entitled to exploit their rights in the Jimi Hendrix Experience catalogue.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile technological developments have, of course, had a significant impact on the music industry, it is important that where clear and comprehensive agreements have been made, they are honoured by the parties who have agreed them and their successors.\u201d<\/p>\n
The iconic guitarist\u2019s sister, Janie Hendrix, who is the chief executive of Experience Hendrix, the company that manages Jimi Hendrix\u2019s brand, said: \u201cI have nothing but positive memories of Noel and Mitch.<\/p>\n
\u201cExperience Hendrix\u2019s longstanding relationships with both reflect a consistent commitment to honouring and supporting the musicians who were part of Jimi Hendrix\u2019s history.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The estates of two of Jimi Hendrix\u2019s former bandmates have lost a high court case against a major…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":635177,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":["post-635176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}