Florida’s top court stops 1960s band from earning pre-1972 copyright royalties

The Turtles in 1967. (credit: Chris Walter/WireImage) Members of 1960s rock band The Turtles have lost a major legal battle in their quest to collect copyright royalties from their old hit songs. The Florida Supreme Court held today (PDF) that the state doesn’t recognize any copyrights in pre-1972 music recordings, despite the band’s arguments to the contrary. All […]