Victor Willis, the policeman from the band The Village People has won a ruling in a California court which entitles him to claim royalties for dozens of the band's hit songs.
The band was made famous in the late seventies and early eighties by their camp disco classics which included 'Y.M.C.A' and 'Go West'.
Willis won a battle to claim partial ownership of dozens of tracks after a California judge ruled that he could terminate a decades-old publishing deal. The judgment allows Willis to earn royalties on the songs, which for years had been paid to a publisher.
