Jimi Hendrix Sued by Former Bandmate

1943-1966 Hmmm...does that mean you passed away in 1966? Sure sounds like it. Your comment was truly boorish, judgemental and worthless.

I hope he wins the case. It's not right Hendrix stole his material and then Scorsese to steal it again. Most of Hendrix's material has been shamelessly ripped from blues sources and uncredited as well.

I got like 10 email stateing people replies to my comment ,were are they . I thought the two replies I got to read were to fuuny .

@ Rosemary

Hmmm - your comments about someone else's grammar would have more effect if you understood the difference between "you're" and "your"!

The comments have now gone off track.. so I continue the worth of Hendrix as a guitarist. I saw him live in 67, 69, & 70. only 3 times but each are embedded in my memory as 3 of the most amazing shows I've witnessed. That is in their own era of course. Kids are spoilt today.. Hendrix was the innovator & there when it was first done! people just had'nt heard anything like it before at that time. All the modern music today in the guitar-rock sense exists partly because of Hendrix's attcking yet graceful style. He was a genius.. there are equal technical players today, many much better of course.. but he was an originator, with scant FX to suppliment his guitars.

Wes? You had me convinced, until you arrived at the quote. Forget the fact that it would have been nearly impossible to remember such a mouthful, verbatum. The fact is, Jimi didn't talk like that, he was actually a very shy man. His sentences were never long and hardly as wistful as your quote. I too spent some time with Jimi at a studio called the Record Plant.........How was that Miss Davis? Any improvement?

No RJ - not right. :)Mechanical copyright is 50 years, but mechanical copyright is different from author/composer rights.

Songwriter or composer copyrights on written sheet music are retained until 50 years after the death of all the co-writers except in Europe where the figure is 70 years. Therefore Lonnie Youngblood owns the rights if he can prove it with written sheet music/lyric sheets/charts that can be verified - no argument.

The possible problem here is that rock musicians did not always write their music down in which case it exists as mechanical copyright only. This expires 50 years after the recording. In either case Youngblood is within his rights and should be paid a decent royalty for every copy of the film viewed or sold.

This has nothing to do with how well or how badly he or Hendrix may have played on any recording, how many records they sold then or now or whether they are old or dead - that is just the way of the law!

Get it Straight! The Copyright Rules! These AssWipers are paying 1 grand to use songwriters tunes on tv and although they are getting exposesure it just shows you what a cut throat business it is. If Jimi were alive he would give Lonnie all the Cash because that is just how Jimi was. Lonnie has the rights and they stole his song and I hope he gets millions from these Bastards who already have hundreds of millions from ripping us musicians off. Don't EVER give up your Copyright and Don't EVER let someone else PUBLISH Your Lyrics, Poems, or a Book without having it copyrighted by you! It's cheap and easy to do so just pay to protect your work! Lonnie and Jimi played a few great tunes together and Lonnie has every right to get his payday! Good Luck Lonnie and I hope you are alright brother!

Sorry, I'm not in the industry, but aren't songs 40+ years old considered in the Public Domain?

Oscar-wining? Don't think that was intended but it is funny.