Pink Floyd Complained Against Sale On iTunes & Co And Won

By Susan Thompson on March 12, 2010, 4:28 pm

Music of the rock band Pink Floyd has to be removed under certain circumstances, such as iTunes from music portals. That says a court decision which has obtained the band against their own record company EMI, reports the BBC.

Pink Floyd Shoots The Moon

In the most recent record deal by Pink Floyd, who was signed before the era of digital downloads; there is therefore a clause, which prohibits selling individual items without authorization from the band. While the band, this clause would expand it to digital downloads, EMI was not affected by this contract.

 

EMI Musicians Fined

A court has now ruled initially in terms of EMI musicians and sentenced to pay 40,000 pounds to Pink Floyd. However, going according to a statement from the record company by the court ruling no obligation to remove the concerned songs from music portals. One would therefore continue to do digital music of Pink Floyd and sell in other formats. The action is according to the BBC, part of a longstanding dispute between the label and the musicians. Pink Floyd calls while EMI is pending royalty rate of 10 million pounds.

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