Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland are suing the former Copyright Banda Copyright “Every Breath You Take”
A legal dispute for the copyright of “Every Breath You Take”biggest hit of The Policeis underway at this time. On the one hand, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland; of the other, Stingwhich is being sued by former bandmates.
According to the British tabloid The sun (via People), Summers (guitarist) and Copeland (drummer) require royalties from the song to be divided between the three and not just Sting, singer and bassist credited as the only author.
According to the The Daily MailSting annually a fortune of 550 thousand pounds only with the royalties of “Every Breath You Take”. The value, in the current price, revolves around R $ 4 million.
The song was released in 1983 on the album Synchronity. It is considered one of the greatest successes not only of that year, but of the 1980s as a whole.
As well as most songs in The PoliceSting appears as the only credited author. This was a tonic throughout the career of the English band, which released five studio records during his brief existence: from 1977 to 1984.
Sting and The Creative Process of The Police
Throughout the group’s trajectory, Sting almost always composed alone. In some cases, co -authorship was divided with Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland.
BLANC REGGATTA (1979), according to the album of The Policeis what has a wider range in the credit of the compositions. Here, Summers or Copeland sign a considerable amount of songs lonely.
However, as well as “Every Breath You Take”other great hits of the band were recorded having only Sting as author. Are the cases of “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic”, “Message in a Bottle” and “ROXANNE”.
Disagreement
In interviews, especially Andy Summers shows disagreeing with the credits awarded only Sting. To the Jeremy White Show (via Igor Miranda website), for example, the guitarist said that “Every Breath You Take” It would be discarded if it were not for his efforts.
“This song was going to trash until I interfere. I think this is participating in the composition, for sure. There is a discussion in progress and something can happen next year. Stay tuned to the news.”
Also according to Summers, the song did not originally bring its initial guitar line. Therefore, he believes that his contribution should be recognized and, consequently, credited.
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Source: Rollingstone
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