Report: JIMI HENDRIX Estate Triumphs In UK Court vs. London Times

March 25, 2008, 16 years ago

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Hollywood Today newsmagazine reports:

Experience Hendrix LLC, the Seattle-based family company which owns and administers the JIMI HENDRIX legacy of recordings and songs has, together with The Last Experience Inc., obtained summary judgment against the London Times. On September 10th, 2006 that newspaper released a CD recording of the Jimi Hendrix Experience performing at the Albert Hall in London on February 24th, 1969 as a “covermount” with its Sunday edition. That performance was the last time the band ever played performed in London, the city where an unknown Jimi Hendrix burst into prominence in late 1966. Despite warnings from Experience Hendrix prior to the CD’s release, the London Times proceeded, citing a purported license of the material from an affiliate of Charly Records whose claims to this material have long been disputed by Experience Hendrix.

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