Following a landmark court ruling that musicians can enforce U.S. copyright termination rules across the globe, the major music companies are now using an unorthodox legal maneuver to get the Supreme Court to overturn it: Buying out the guy who lost the case. The first-of-its-kind decision , issued in January, adopted a novel legal theory that artists can use termination rights to regain not only their American copyrights, but also their overseas rights to the same songs, overturning decades of legal precedent and industry practice. Related ‘Watershed Ruling’: Appeals Court Says Musicians Can Win Back Their Copyrights Globally, Not Just in the U.S. New Levels Strike Global Partnership With Virgin Music Group, Signs Hooligan Hefs & More Bad Bunny's Australia Debut Sets Attendance Benchmark in Sydney Artists and advocacy groups hailed the decision as a “game-changer for music creators,” but it was no win for the labels and...