So when does Eric Burdon start his suit against these rip off artists?
Or Bob Dylan suing Eric burden or the fat young heathens.
That’s what I thought....it’s not their song, they used it from Burdon. They may have a copyright on the production, I would think that this would be considered “fair use”
—> So when does Eric Burdon start his suit against these rip off artists?
Every time a covered version is played, the original artist, songwriter and producer get paid too
Eric didn't write the song. It's a traditional song so the writing copyright has expired. As for the performance, the keyboard player for the Animals, Alan Price, listed his name as the arranger, apparently unbeknownst to the others who had no idea how copyrights work, and has been collecting the royalties ever since. Confirmed by Burdon here.
If these skaters used the actual performance of the band they're suing without permission and the band owns the copyrights, they have a legitimate case. Determination of the amount they could recover would be the bigger issue.
The Animals is THE version.