{"id":22865,"date":"2026-10-21T11:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T11:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/?p=22865"},"modified":"2026-10-21T11:37:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T11:37:34","slug":"u-s-supreme-court-leaves-worldwide-copyright-reclamation-ruling-intact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/u-s-supreme-court-leaves-worldwide-copyright-reclamation-ruling-intact\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Supreme Court Leaves Worldwide Copyright Reclamation Ruling Intact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/\">U.S. Supreme Court<\/a><\/strong> on Monday, <strong>October 19<\/strong>, left standing an appeals court decision allowing songwriter <strong>Cyril Vetter<\/strong> to <a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/supreme-court-leaves-worldwide-copyright-termination-ruling-intact\/\">reclaim worldwide copyrights under U.S. copyright termination law<\/a>. The outcome preserves Vetter\u2019s ownership ruling while leaving the broader question of international termination rights unresolved.<\/p>\n<h2>The dispute over worldwide rights<\/h2>\n<p>The case concerned <strong>\u201cDouble Shot (Of My Baby\u2019s Love)\u201d<\/strong>, written by Vetter and the late <strong>Donald Smith<\/strong> and popularized by the <strong>Swingin\u2019 Medallions<\/strong> in 1966. The writers transferred their copyrights to <strong>Windsong Music Publishers<\/strong> in 1963.<\/p>\n<p>Vetter filed notice in 2019 to terminate that agreement, with termination taking effect in 2022. The subsequent dispute concerned whether he could recover the song\u2019s worldwide rights or only its U.S. rights.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, Vetter sued <strong>Resnik Music Group<\/strong>, which had acquired Windsong. A federal judge in Louisiana ruled in 2025 that Vetter had reclaimed worldwide copyright ownership, and the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ca5.uscourts.gov\/\">Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals<\/a><\/strong> affirmed that decision in January 2026.<\/p>\n<h2>Publishers challenge the decision<\/h2>\n<p>The publishing divisions of <strong>BMG<\/strong>, <strong>Sony Music<\/strong>, <strong>Universal Music Group (UMG)<\/strong> and <strong>Warner Music<\/strong> challenged the ruling. The companies had subsequently acquired Resnik\u2019s interest in the disputed copyright.<\/p>\n<p>They argued that applying U.S. termination rights internationally would unsettle decades of industry practice and put publishing agreements worth billions of dollars at risk. Vetter\u2019s attorneys contested those arguments.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. copyright law permits songwriters and other creators to reclaim previously transferred rights after a specified period if they satisfy legal requirements. Those provisions give creators another opportunity to earn from works whose value may have increased since the original transfer.<\/p>\n<h2>Four justices did not participate<\/h2>\n<p>The Supreme Court lacked the <strong>six justices required for a quorum<\/strong> because four justices did not participate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sonia Sotomayor<\/li>\n<li>Neil Gorsuch<\/li>\n<li>Amy Coney Barrett<\/li>\n<li>Ketanji Brown Jackson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The remaining justices determined that the case could not be heard during the upcoming term. That left the appeals court judgment intact without a Supreme Court decision on the underlying legal issue.<\/p>\n<p>The outcome preserves the recognition of worldwide termination rights in Vetter\u2019s case but does not establish a nationwide rule. 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