Roger Miller's Widow Awarded Copyrights, Unpaid Royalties

Roger Miller

The ASSOCIATED PRESS is reporting that the widow of Country legend ROGER MILLER was awarded the copyrights to some of his biggest hits, including "King Of The Road." A federal judge gave MARY MILLER and ROGER MILLER MUSIC, INC. the legal rights to songs like "Dang Me," "Chug-A-Lug" and "You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd," all published in 1964.

MARY and the company will receive about $900,000 in unpaid royalties. They both sued SONY/ATV PUBLISHING in 2004 to claim copyrights for songs published from 1958-1964. At the time of ROGER's death in 1992, copyrights expired after 28 years and had to be renewed.

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