I wrote about this court case way back when it first came to attention, here.
The case involves copyright dispute over the Procol Harum song, “A Whiter Shade Of Pale”. Matthew Fisher played the organ part on the record. He was not credited as a writer on the song. Fisher felt that his organ part was [...]

“Whiter Shade of Pale” by Procol Harum has been the subject of a copyright lawsuit. Today, a judge in London awarded a 40 percent share of the copyright to Matthew Fisher, the organist on the record.
This is kind of a big deal if it sticks but, I don’t think it will.
The judge feels that the [...]