(FILES)A file photo taken in 1976 shows Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley. A US court has sided with Bob Marley's family which sued a company that sold shirts depicting the reggae legend, in a case with potential ramifications for merchandise of other deceased stars. The estate of the Jamaican icon had filed a suit after low-cost T-shirts -- featuring a photo of a speaking Marley next to the yellow, green and red colors associated with his Rastafarian faith -- went on sale at Walmart, Target and other major US retailers. A jury in the western state of Nevada in 2011 awarded more than $2 million in damages to firms owned by Marley's children which said they had lost an order to sell T-shirts at Walmart as the unauthorized rival was distributing a similar product. The defendants lodged an appeal that was rejected on February 20, 2015 by a federal court, which agreed that the non-family companies violated the 1946 Lanham Act, the key US law on copyright infringement. = RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT/" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS =
El 11 de mayo de 1981 murió Bob Marley, músico, cantante y compositor jamaiquino, emblema absoluto del reggae. Marley perdió la batalla contra el cáncer a los 36 años, enfermedad que descubrió que padecía luego de sufrir una lesión en el pie jugando fútbol.
Este año se publicará una reedición de su disco Exodus (1977), para conmemorar los 40 años de su lanzamiento. El trabajo tendrá el álbum original más material inédito y una presentación en vivo.