MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

MCA Launches Global Effort to Curb Bootleggers: Armed with a court judgment won in September, MCA’s music division launched a worldwide legal offensive Tuesday to enforce its rights to 25,000 rock and blues songs recorded by such legendary artists as Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters and Etta James. As a start, MCA disclosed that it is suing more than 20 individuals and companies in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging that they have illegally claimed rights to the vast Chess Masters recordings that MCA bought in 1985. The result has been a flood of illegal “bootleg” albums.