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Tuesday, October 05, 2004

Loretta Lynn sues to regain her songs

For more than 30 years, someone else has owned the rights to Coal Miner's Daughter and Loretta Lynn's other best-known songs.

Now, the Country Music Hall of Fame member is suing a local publishing company in an attempt to gain the copyrights to some of her biggest hits.

The suit, filed in Davidson County Chancery Court last week, asks a judge to void a contract that the singer signed with Sure-Fire Music Co. in 1966 awarding the company copyrights to her songs. The complaint says the company's ownership changes should give Lynn the rights to the music.

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