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Two songwriters (P), members of the English pop group Fleetwood Mac, signed a publishing agreement with a music publisher (D) on a standard printed form. Under the agreement, P assigned to D the copyright throughout the world of all their compositions for a period of five years. P agreed to deliver to D a minimum of one complete musical composition per month and D agreed to promote P's compositions to the fullest. However, D gave no positive undertaking to publish any of their works. The pop group split up and P commenced work under a new management. The group, now working in the United States, has recorded a new album of P's music. The original publisher, D, seeks to restrain the sale of the new album in the United Kingdom.

Required: Discuss

a.What is the issue?

b. What is the related law and the legal enforcement of the original agreement?

c. Giving an example of similar case in history

d. What is the solution for P.