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What people made a popular song about the YMCA?
The Village People. U.S. copyright law is a labyrinth of mumbo jumbo, and in recent years, artists
and writers have seen an erosion of their rights. Recently, however, one of the Village People
won a court case, and his portion of ownership of “YMCA” was returned to him. The publisher
argued that Victor Willis of the Village People had no rights of ownership and that he wrote the
song under a work-for-hire agreement. The court disagreed.