Following Bench Trial In ‘Cathy’s Clown’ Copyright Row, Plaintiff Prevails

Mealey's (May 7, 2021, 11:56 AM EDT) -- NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In a May 4 holding, a federal judge in Tennessee ruled that Isaac “Don” Everly “plainly and expressly” repudiated his brother Phil Everly’s status as a co-author of the song “Cathy’s Clown” more than three years before Phil Everly’s successors sought a declaration of co-authorship....