feeling listless

Music Long term readers may remember a piece I wrote some time ago regarding the treatment of Solomon Linda's Mbube by the larger music corporations who have been using it without knocking back royalties to his family. Extra-ordinarily, said corporations, forever knashing away because of their music being stolen by file sharers and the like in this case were refusing to give credit where it's due. For example, after a few bars turned up in the film The Lion King, the musical version of the film features a full scale rendering of 'A Lion Sleeps Tonight' which borrows directly from Mbube. Now Linda's family has had enough and have decided to sue Disney for unpaid royalties because they are the most active user of the song. It's a legal minefield for reasons which are clearer from my older link. I'm going to try and keep my eye on this one.