Supreme Court lets songwriters' worldwide copyright reclaim stand

The Supreme Court won't review Vetter v. Resnik. Four justices sat out, which left too few to hear the case, so a Fifth Circuit ruling stands: a songwriter who reclaims rights under U.S. termination law gets them back worldwide, not only in the U.S. Universal, Sony, Warner and BMG had asked the court to overturn it. For now the ruling binds only federal courts in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Even so, it makes reclaiming songs signed away in old deals worth a lot more.