- HALLOWED BE THY NAME LYRICS IRON MAIDEN SERIAL
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- HALLOWED BE THY NAME LYRICS IRON MAIDEN TRIAL
This is to announce that bassist and band leader Steve Harris along with guitarist Dave Murray, who were Defendants in the IRON MAIDEN plagiarism legal action (see papers attached), have settled the damages claim, issued in February 2017, by former LINDISFARNE manager Barry McKay. “ LEGAL ACTION SETTLED… at a final cost to Steve Harris and Dave Murray of $1.25m USD (£900,000 sterling) This entire matter, brought about by obvious copyright theft has cost Harris and Murray a total of £900,000 in damages and legal costs, for lifting two verses of lyrics, verbatim, for ‘Hallowed Be Thy Name’ as well as copying music which they used in the Iron Maiden song ‘The Nomad’, which appeared on Iron Maiden’s ‘Brave New World’ album, released in 2000, eighteen years after the release of ‘The Number Of The Beast’ album which contained ‘Hallowed Be Thy Name’.” The defendants (Steve Harris and Dave Murray) have paid all of the Plaintiff’s considerable legal costs as well as their own legal costs and six figure damages. Once the lower than expected figures had been examined, both parties agreed to settle the claim. Iron Maiden’s management failed to produce any accurate earnings figures until both parties had already spent well over half a million pounds on legal costs.
The lyrics taken from the track ‘Life’s Shadow’ which was on Beckett’s eponymous LP, were written by musician Brian Quinn. Steve Harris claimed the lyrics as all his own work and since 1982 has solely profited from the substantial publishing income which totalled circa £2m. “Back in 1981, Steve Harris intentionally copied two verses of lyrics, which he lifted word for word, from 1970s band Beckett’s album, for the definitive Iron Maiden song, ‘Hallowed Be Thy Name’. McKay stated the following about the year-long case: It’s questionable as to what the other £800,000 is, unless that was what court costs were, but i n the meantime, we can expect to hear the famous song “Hallowed Be Thy Name,” on their Legacy of the Beast tour.
HALLOWED BE THY NAME LYRICS IRON MAIDEN SERIAL
A serial litigant like Mr McKay would have forseen this.” – Iron Maiden Spokesperson However due to escalating legal fees and the potential huge costs of a court case it was pragmatic to reluctantly settle this action with McKay for £100,000, a fraction of what he brought the action for. “We do not believe that Brian Quinn was the one who wrote these six lines in question over 40 years ago as was claimed by Barry McKay. Maiden, for their part, issued a statement claiming innocence, but said it’d be cheaper and easier to settle: While this settlement is currently in the clear, McKay is currently looking into further claims to follow, which he is involved with regarding more Iron Maiden tunes.
HALLOWED BE THY NAME LYRICS IRON MAIDEN TRIAL
The fees have also helped avoid the band going through trial as well as, having permission to use the songs without any further claims against them.
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However, during this time, co-writer Quinn knew nothing about the settlement, didn’t receive a penny as he wrote the lyrics and the guitar solo to the song.įollowing these claims, the case has been settled in full with a total cost of £900,000. The case was on its way to the High Court this year, which included the four defendants – Harris, Murray, as well as Robert Barton and publishing company Imagem London Ltd, which were all being sued for “unspecified damages over £200,000 for alleged copyright breaches.”īarton, one of the co-writers of “Life’s Shadow,” was previously paid off by Steve Harris by a secret settlement, which has cost the defendants £200,000 for legal and damage fees. The case states that the band took two verses of lyrics from this track and placed on “Hallowed Be Thy Name,” as well as taking a passage on “The Nomad.” It was roughly this time last year when the band were hit with an alleged copyright infringement claim against them on their classic hit “Hallowed Be Thy Name” as well as “The Nomad.” The action was initially brought by Barry McKay and Brian Quinn against bassist Steve Harris and guitarist Dave Murray, which involved the song “Life’s Shadow,” a track written in the 1970s, credited by Robert Barton and Brian Ingham, and recorded by the band Beckett. Despite embarking on massive tours in support of their latest effort, 2015’s The Book of Souls, Iron Maiden have been going through a year long lawsuit battle.
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