HENDRIX Heirs File Second Lawsuit Against PURPLE HAZE RECORDS

September 13, 2005

Margo Whitmire of Billboard.com is reporting that Seattle-based Experience Hendrix filed a second suit yesterday (Sept. 12) against Purple Haze Records to stop the marketing and sales of all unauthorized Jimi Hendrix recordings through the U.K. indie label.

In February, the High Court of Justice in London held Purple Haze and proprietor Lawrence Miller liable for infringing the rights of Experience Hendrix in recordings of the Jimi Hendrix Experience's 1969 Konserthuset performance in Stockholm.

Unlike U.S. courts that recently held unconstitutional the federal anti-bootlegging laws — which protect performers' rights in live concert performances — the British court interpreted a 1989 law to protect Hendrix's rights in the case.

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