Part of the classic Civil Rights song "We Shall Overcome" has now entered the public domain after a U.S. judge struck down its copyright protections last Friday, reports Rick Karr for NPR. "I couldn't ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The civil rights anthem "We Shall Overcome," which has been quoted by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and was made popular by folk singer Pete Seeger, has been declared a part ...

Jan. 27 (UPI) --The civil rights anthem We Shall Overcome is now in the public domain as a result of copyright protection settlement. Song publisher Ludlow Music on Friday agreed that the melody and ...

I spoke with someone recently who informed me that it was considered inappropriate, by their racial justice group, for white people to sing the social-justice anthem “We Shall Overcome.” As a ...

Credit is finally going where it’s due. The song “We Shall Overcome” has left an indelible mark on American culture. Part gospel hymn, part protest anthem of the civil rights movement, the origin of ...

A federal judge ruled (PDF) on Friday that the most famous verse of the civil rights anthem “We Shall Overcome” is not copyrighted. The ruling is a decisive, but still incomplete, win for the two ...

Last Friday, a federal judge in Manhattan ordered that the first and most famous verse of the Civil Rights era anthem "We Shall Overcome" belongs in the public domain. Plaintiffs in the case had asked ...

While the wave of demonstrations sweeping the world in the wake of George Floyd’s murder will undoubtedly inspire a new generation of protest music, it has also led many to revisit older songs. Some ...

The fate of the iconic song is sealed after a ruling in September and aborts the need for a trial next month. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large Writer Kario Salem is negotiating to pen ...

The first verse of “We Shall Overcome,” the unofficial anthem of the Civil Rights Movement, has been freed from copyright control, reports the New York Times. Today, the legal team at Wolf Haldenstein ...