“It Was Wholly Inapplicable.” — Cher’s $418,000 Legal Victory Over Sonny’s Widow Reveals The One 1978 Divorce Clause That Federal Copyright Law Couldn’t Touch. A single clause from 1978 just rewrote music-law history. Cher scored a $418,000 courtroom win after a judge ruled federal copyright law couldn’t override her divorce deal with Sonny Bono. The reasoning stunned industry insiders — and could haunt artist estates for decades. :
After more than six decades of surviving — and often rewriting — the rules of the entertainment industry, Cher has added another unlikely title to her résumé: legal trailblazer. In a landmark federal ruling handed down this week, the 79-year-old icon secured a decisive $418,000 victory over Mary Bono, settling a long-simmering dispute over royalties from her work with late ex-husband and musical partner Sonny Bono.
At the center of the case was not a song, but a sentence — one clause buried in a 1978 divorce settlement that proved powerful enough to withstand federal copyright law itself.
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