A huge reminder to musicians, pay your taxes and your debts, otherwise you could lose a lot more than your bargain for. P-Funk legend George “Atomic Dog” Clinton has to fork over copyrights to four songs from his extensive catalog to a law firm he owes over $1 million.
The law firm Hendricks & Lewis was a awarded $1.5 million judgment against Clinton back in 2010, but has only collected $340,000 from Clinton. A federal judge gave the copyright to H&L so they can use the royalties to get their money.
The law firm can do and fit to sell or use the music anyway it wants, with all money going toward paying back the original judgment. Once that’s paid off, the copyrights go back to Clinton. The P-Funk All-star has filed a motion to reverse the decision.
