Lost copyright case in British High Court

In December 2016, the original five-piece lineup lost a case in the British High Court after they attempted to reclaim the U.S. copyright on their first three albums from Gloucester Place Music, part of EMI Music Publishing . Rhodes commented, “We signed a publishing agreement as unsuspecting teenagers, over three decades ago, when just starting out and when we knew no better… if left untested, this judgment sets a very bad precedent for all songwriters of our era.” In March 2020, Duran Duran signed with the Warner/Chappell Music publisher, covering their post-1986 catalogue. The band spent 2017 touring the American continent and playing a handful of festival dates in Europe and Asia.