Sir PaulMcCartney and Sony 'reach deal' on The Beatles song rights
保羅·麥卡特尼爵士與索尼公司就披頭士樂隊的歌曲版權達成協(xié)議
詹姆斯·保羅·麥卡特尼（James Paul McCartney）前披頭士樂隊成員
Sir Paul McCartney and Sony have a reached a deal in a battle over who owns publishing rights to The Beatles' songs, The Hollywood Reporter says.
經過多年的努力，保羅·麥卡特尼爵士和索尼公司就誰擁有披頭士樂隊的歌曲出版版權一事終于達成了協(xié)議。
The musician had gone to a US court, seeking to regain the rights to 267 of the band's classic tracks.
在此之前，這位音樂人曾前往美國法院，試圖重新取得該樂隊267首經典曲目的版權。
He has been trying to get them back since the 1980s, when Michael Jackson famously out-bid him for the rights.
實際上保羅·麥卡特尼從1980年代開始起，就一直在努力找回這些歌曲的版權，可是當時著名的邁克爾 杰克遜以高于他的出價取得了這267首歌曲的版權。
邁克爾杰克遜
Jackson's debt-ridden estate sold the songs to Sony last year, along with others including New York, New York.
去年，深陷債務危機的杰克遜遺產管理者把這些歌曲的版權以及其它的包括《紐約，紐約》（Frank Sinatra 代表金曲）這樣金曲的版權賣給了索尼公司。
Sir Paul's legal case, filed in a Manhattan court in January, was over what is known as copyright termination - the right of authors to reclaim ownership of their works from music publishers after a specific length of time has passed.
保羅爵士的訴狀在一月份的時候遞交給了曼哈頓法庭，當時是以終結版權為名義提起的訴訟。終結版權的意思是——在音樂出版商超過了特定保護時間之后，著作者可以申請追回版權擁有權。
He claimed that he was set to reacquire the Beatles songs in 2018, but said Sony had not confirmed that it would transfer the copyrights to him.
他說，他原本應該在2018年可以重新要回披頭士的這些歌曲的版權，但是并不能確認到時候索尼會依據(jù)美國的版權保護法律將這些歌的版權轉交給他。
“The parties have resolved this matter by entering into a confidential settlement agreement," Sir Paul's attorney Michael Jacobs wrote in a letter to US District Judge Edgardo Ramos.
“各方在簽署了一份保密協(xié)議后就此解決了這一問題，“保羅爵士的代理律師邁克爾的賈科布在寫給美國區(qū)域法官埃德加都 拉莫斯的一封信上說。
rights：版權
Beatles：甲殼蟲樂隊，披頭士樂隊
Sir ：爵士
musician ：音樂家、音樂人
regain：復得，重新取得，收復
confidential settlement ：秘密協(xié)議
