GENERAL MUSIC INDUSTRY: Estate Wins $2 Million for Bing Crosby Royalties

A Los Angeles Superior Court jury awarded the company that holds Bing Crosby's property rights more than $2 million in royalties from Universal Music Group on June 30, closing one chapter in a legal wrangle that has run more than a decade. However, attorneys for HLC Inc., which administers the late singer's rights, failed to convince jurors that Crosby's UMG contract should be terminated, or that HLC should be awarded the vocalist's master recordings...

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