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Court battle over Bob Marley's music

A landmark copyright trial, regarding a number of songs recorded by legendary Reggae artiste, Bob Marley is to start in London on Tuesday.
     
The case involves Plaintiffs - Cayman Music and Defendants - Chris Blackwell's Blue Mountain Music.  
One song at the centre of the case is Marley's  "No Woman, No Cry."  
     
Cayman Music is suing Blue Mountain Music, headed by Chris Blackwell for mis-attribution and diversion of  income, among other things, in an attempt to retrieve 'No Woman, No Cry' and other songs.
     
Cayman Music is the original, long-standing publisher of  Bob Marley's music.It represented his catalogue from 1967 to late 1976.
      
The defendants are one time publishing arm of  Island Records and sometime publisher of  various Bob Marley titles, from the mid 1970s to later in his career.         
                                 



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