James Paul McCartney (TV special) ATV network in order to settle his two-year legal dispute with Sir Lew Grade. As the owner of the network and its music publishing division – and, by extension, the Beatles' Northern Songs catalogue – Grade had objected to McCartney crediting his wife Linda as his co-writer since 1971, citing her lack of professional experience as a songwriter and musician. McCartney's commitment to the television project allowed him to retain the second composer's publishing royalties, which otherwise would have been assigned to Grade's company. "James Paul McCartney" was McCartney's first such special since the Beatles' 1967 television film "Magical Mystery
Linda (given name) Linda (given name) Linda is a female given name, of German origin, but widespread in the English-speaking world since the end of the nineteenth century. The German name "Linde" was originally an abbreviated form of older names such as "Dietlinde" and "Sieglinde". In the form "Linda" it was used by the writer Jean Paul for a leading character in his four-volume novel "Titan", published 1800–1803, and it became popular in German-speaking countries thereafter. The name-element "Linde" is possibly derived from the same root as the linden tree, with reference to a shield made of that wood, but may have become