Members of Duran Duran are battling with Gloucester Place Music over the US rights to some of their songs. Gloucester Place Music is owned by the American firm Sony/ATV.
Lawyers for Gloucester Place, which is part of EMI Music Publishing, are asking a London High Court judge to declare that the group members breached publishing agreements by serving notices to terminate the grant to the company of US copyrights.
In US law, songwriters have a right to call for a reversion of copyright after 35 years while Gloucester Place says the agreements with the group members are governed by English law.
The band released a string of hits, including Girls On Film, Rio and Hungry Like The Wolf after releasing their initial album in 1981.
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