AssetID: 53802714
Headline: Cher wins lawsuit over Sonny Bono's widow
Caption: The singing superstar's case against Mary Bono finally ended in a ruling in her favour. The decision over royalties to I Got You Babe and other hits came after a federal judge ruled that Mary Bono must continue paying the singer her 50 per cent cut under the former couple's decades-old divorce settlement. More than 20 years after Sonny's death, Mary argued she no longer needed to pay royalties to Cher thanks to copyright law's so-called termination right - a provision that allows songwriters and their heirs to win back control...
Keywords: CPS1669514,Cher,Sonny Bono,Mary Bono,Music royalties,I Got You Babe,The Beat Goes On,Baby Don't Go,Federal court ruling,Divorce settlement,Copyright law,Termination right,Publishing revenue,1978 divorce,Skiing accident,Celebrity legal battles
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