Mungo Jerry frontman hopes new anti-piracy tech stops artists losing out

The British guitarist and singer-songwriter Ray Dorset performing with Mungo Jerry, circa 1970. Photograph: David Redfern/Redferns

Mungo Jerry’s No 1 hit In the Summertime is one of the biggest-selling singles in history but it is also one of the most pirated songs of all time.

Now the band’s composer, lead singer and frontman Ray Dorset is using newly developed technology to protect his songs in the digital age.