Maiden settles the Hallowed Be Thy Name claim in full

Number 6 said:
Especially if all these legal issues involve songs being played on the tour.
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Other than Iron Maiden, I cannot imagine them playing songs from that era on the tour, or at least not the ones where the Maiden 77 guys claim having had an input deserving a songwriting credit.
 
srfc said:
They are, but drum parts don't merit a writing credit usually, similar to guitar solos.
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Yes you are right. But if I was a drummer and I came up with the drum part first, and then music was put to that, I would expect a credit.

I expect that is the same scenario as Gangland, where Clive Burr got a writing credit. I assume the drum intro to Gangland spawned the rest of the song ;)

But the whole point is that, bearing in mind the Thunderburst issue, Rod clearly expects a credit for his boys if a part is used. That should be reciprocated (as in the case of Beckett)
 
How could McKay bring the tour to a stop just from song writing accusations? Neither HBTN case stopped them touring. Also, bit of a dick move for the hundreds of thousands of fans wanting to see the tour regardless of who wrote the songs.
 
Brigantium said:
Regardless of involvement in specific sets of lyrics, Dave probably gets the next biggest cut (after Steve) of the royalties from all earlier work. But yes, I can see other musicians coming out of the woodwork now the flood gates have been opened. I think the thing I like least about McKay's involvement is that his last statement basically came across as a threat - next time I come calling, give me exactly what I ask for, or else.
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As already observed, he is a "serial litigant" - he's been there, done that and got the t-shirt. He knows how the system works. I think he intends to cause as much trouble as he can.

Talking of royalties from earlier work, didn't they sell the rights to the back catalogue around the time Bruce came back? I'm sure there was something of the sort but I'm not certain of the details.
 
I case (or potential case) involving alleged plagiarism is not going to stop the band from touring, regardless of where or when they are "served" (unless literally the entire setlist is comprised of allegedly stolen material, which it certainly won't be).

I understand that McKay comes off like a prick, and the whole situation is very sad/bad/etc, but people are honestly blowing things way out of proportion.
 
fredo96993 said:
How could McKay bring the tour to a stop just from song writing accusations? Neither HBTN case stopped them touring. Also, bit of a dick move for the hundreds of thousands of fans wanting to see the tour regardless of who wrote the songs.
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Because if they hadn't capitulated on the Quinn case, the next thing he intended to do was insist Steve and Dave be cross-examined under oath. This would be a serious incursion on their personal time, because it's a part of the process they can't delegate. So if he tries it again (and he will, if he thinks it will work) they would have no choice but to suspend the tour while they fight the court case.

Oh, and I don't think McKay cares about being popular somehow.
 
Black Abyss Babe said:
Because if they hadn't capitulated on the Quinn case, the next thing he intended to do was insist Steve and Dave be cross-examined under oath. This would be a serious incursion on their personal time, because it's a part of the process they can't delegate. So if he tries it again (and he will, if he thinks it will work) they would have no choice but to suspend the tour while they fight the court case.

Oh, and I don't think McKay cares about being popular somehow.
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He’s sounding more and more like the Mr McKay in Porridge, except this isn’t funny.
 
Black Abyss Babe said:
Talking of royalties from earlier work, didn't they sell the rights to the back catalogue around the time Bruce came back? I'm sure there was something of the sort but I'm not certain of the details.
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If I remember correctly, it was a bond tied to future royalties on the back catalogue, but I think they regained the rights some time ago (probably around the time we started to get all the LP re-releases).
 
Black Abyss Babe said:
Because if they hadn't capitulated on the Quinn case, the next thing he intended to do was insist Steve and Dave be cross-examined under oath. This would be a serious incursion on their personal time, because it's a part of the process they can't delegate. So if he tries it again (and he will, if he thinks it will work) they would have no choice but to suspend the tour while they fight the court case.

Oh, and I don't think McKay cares about being popular somehow.
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This is what I fear. Maiden's legal team might have been full of hubris dealing with McKay and could have pissed him off.
 
Anyway, I am not a legal expert, but I guess that if the papers are served in the coming weeks, it is unlikely that any court case would affect this leg of the tour.
 
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Well, if there was a threat to the tour, they could easily get out of it by paying the ransom money. Actually sabotaging the tour wouldn't win much public sympathy for the cause, either.
 
Brigantium said:
Well, if there was a threat to the tour, they could easily get out of it by paying the ransom money.
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This is what I think he's counting on - depending on how many "claimants" he can find and drag out of the woodwork he can keep coming back and basically say "pay up or I'll finish you as a touring unit".
Brigantium said:
Actually sabotaging the tour wouldn't win much public sympathy for the cause, either.
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I don't think he cares about this either.
 
Lego said:
I case (or potential case) involving alleged plagiarism is not going to stop the band from touring, regardless of where or when they are "served" (unless literally the entire setlist is comprised of allegedly stolen material, which it certainly won't be).

I understand that McKay comes off like a prick, and the whole situation is very sad/bad/etc, but people are honestly blowing things way out of proportion.
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^ This.

There will be no tour stopping. Get a grip folks.
 
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