Roger Miller遺作版權歸屬之爭

美國第六巡迴上訴法院最近判決Sony/ATV音樂出版公司擁有Roger Miller 1964年推出的歌的版權，聯邦法院之前早已裁定Roger Miller 1958-1963年推出的歌屬Sony所有，這個判決對Roger Miller的遺孀Mary Miller利益帶來損失，因為下級法院正準備將Roger Miller遺囑中說他的太太繼承他的工作所得之事做不同解釋，但Roger Miller於去世之前的確簽了將音樂版權讓給Sony的合約。


Roger Miller 1936年出生於德州Ford Worth，1992年因癌症去世，是一位成功的鄉村歌星、作曲人與吉它手，1960-1986年他一共有42首鄉村歌曲排行榜暢銷曲，在流行歌曲排行榜成績最好的歌是1965年第4名的King Of The Road，這首歌在那一年替他奪得最佳鄉村歌曲等六座Grammy獎，在歷年暢銷歌星排行榜他也獲得第377名。



King Of The Road



Trailers for sale or rent

Rooms to let...fifty cents.

No phone, no pool, no pets

I ain't got no cigarettes

Ah, but..two hours of pushin' broom

Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room

I'm a man of means by no means

King of the road.



Third boxcar, midnight train

Destination...Bangor, Maine.

Old worn out suits and shoes,

I don't pay no union dues,

I smoke old stogies I have found

Short, but not too big around

I'm a man of means by no means

King of the road.



I know every engineer on every train

All of their children, and all of their names

And every handout in every town

And every lock that ain't locked

When no one's around.



I sing,

Trailers for sale or rent

Rooms to let, fifty cents

No phone, no pool, no pets

I ain't got no cigarettes

Ah, but, two hours of pushin' broom

Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room

I'm a man of means by no means

King of the road.