![]() She alleged the 1966 contract, which lacked some signatures, was not binding on her, though they'd all acted in accordance with its terms for forty years, and she'd made around $250,000 from the song. Forty years after the original settlement, she sued numerous parties (including James Brown himself) for nonpayment of royalties according to the assignment agreement and for co-writer credits. By settlement, she assigned her copyright in the song to a music publisher, Clarence Jackson (Plaintiff in "Suit Over 'Man's Man's World' (II)"), which she renewed in 1996. A lawsuit arose and a settlement was reached in 1966, after Brown used the song without her permission. Betty Jean Newsom is the writer of "It's a Man's World," a song performed and made famous by James Brown as "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" (no, the number of "mans" doesn't affect copyright status).
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