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CincyDem

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3. Rights to their 60's songs are controlled by publisher ABKCO, not the band.

Reply to tanyev (Reply #2)

Sat Jan 31, 2026, 09:01 AM

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They didn’t gain control of their music until success in the 70’s. They got the music for Melania because they wrote a big enough check to ABKCO and the Stones can’t say boo.

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