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Bob Dylan Beats Lawsuit Over $300M Songs Sale

Bob Dylan Beats Lawsuit Over $300M Songs Sale

BY ERIQ GARDNER | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT A New York judge rules that Jacques Levy, who shares credits on songs including "Hurricane," merely is entitled to a portion of licensing income. Bob Dylan can rest easy that he won’t have to hand over a portion of his $300 million sale of his entire song catalog to Universal Music. On Friday, a New York judge rejected a complaint from the estate of Jacques Levy, who collaborated with Dylan on his 1976 album Desire. Levy’s widow targeted at least $7.25 million from the sale of 10 songs, including “Hurricane,” but Dylan argued that the songs were written under a…
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