Perry’s 2018 solo album marked the release of his first new material in more than 20 years. Perry was Journey’s lead singer during the group’s most commercially successful periods from 1977 to 1987, and again from 1995 to 1998. The judge wrote that Brown’s unauthorized use of Perry’s name and likeness on Twitter and Facebook to promote the guitarist’s band and album constituted an “unauthorized commercial use of plaintiff’s name and likeness in an effort to mislead and confuse the public by capitalizing” on Perry’s name and reputation.Īlthough Brown argued “that he was a joint author of the four recorded vocal performances” - a claim Perry disputed - and “even if he is able to prevail on this argument, it would not bar plaintiff’s right of publicity claims,” Walter wrote. And its brought out some details about the deal Steve made when he left in 1997. The current members of Journey have been wrapped up in a lawsuit. But it turns out he still makes a ton of money when they go on tour. The court also granted a temporary restraining order barring Brown from releasing the material. Steve Perry hasnt been the lead singer of Journey for 23 years. In March, Walter rejected an attempt by Brown to have the complaint tossed, finding that Perry had shown a reasonable probability of prevailing on his claims. However, after Perry released his third solo album “Traces” in October 2018, Brown’s manager/girlfriend began promoting an album of Brown’s songs using photos of Perry and a sound clip from one of the demos, according to the suit.
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The 71-year-old singer claimed he never wanted the demos issued and alleged that he and Brown agreed that Perry had control of the work.Īccording to Perry, Brown - who played briefly with Little Feat and has written songs recorded by Cher and Pat Benatar - claimed a copyright interest in the recordings in 2002 and made plans to release them, but then did nothing. Perry sued Brown in federal court two years ago for violation of his publicity rights, alleging that the musician planned to release rough takes of the songs.