Pink Floyd sue EMI over download royalties (claiming they are an album band...)

Guardian UK ^ | Wednesday 10 March 2010 | Sean Michaels

[norraad]

Another brick in the wall

[a fool in paradise]

According to a 1999 contract, tunes like Money and Another Brick in the Wall cannot be "unbundled" from the albums on which they appear

Except when they appear on best of albums, in boxed sets, etc.

The band (and band members) have long taken to breaking up these compositions by song and jetisoning much of the albums when they go on tour.

[TigersEye]

Don’t mess with the Floyd!

[a fool in paradise]

Wonder how this affects Pink Floyd songs rerecorded by other artists.

[norraad]

I waw just thinkin' that!

Lot's of interesting reditions out there.

[dfwgator]

“That geezer is cruisin’ for a bruisin’”

[The_Reader_David]

We keep hearing that intellectual property law is supposed to protect the “creators” of art and science, but of late it only seems to protect commercial interests which produce copies of what others created. I think Pink Floyd is short-sighted from a purely financial point of view in taking this position, but sacrificing money for artistic integrity is the artist’s right (or in this case artists’ right), so I hope they win.

[a fool in paradise]

"Represent!"

[a fool in paradise]

Roger Waters and David Gilmour can’t even agree on artistic integrity. The other members aren’t equal share members of the latter Floyd albums and Rog has to laugh that Gilmour’s wife wrote songs at the end (said it was so Spinal Tap).

[eyedigress]

Oh man..LOL

[a fool in paradise]

The more they keep their singles out of the marketplace (and these songs WERE released as singles and still play on the radio that way today), the more of a Floyd Void they leave to be filled by sound-alikes and alternative arrangements.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Except.... the songs were played on the radio for decades with no action against them.

Next.

[a fool in paradise]

It was a renegotiated contract 30 years after the fact. When they found their artistic vision I guess.

[TigersEye]

Haaaaaa! That's excellent. Love 'em both.

Da Floyds.

[TigersEye]

“There is no dark side of the moon. It’s all dark.”

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

In 1999, when [the contract] was negotiated, iTunes didn't even exist," EMI lawyer Elizabeth Jones told BusinessWeek

When the copyright law was written, computers didn't even exist, yet copyright law has been found to protect IP on electronic media.

[pissant]

Roger Waters is one of the biggest idiots in show biz

[spunkets]

"Except.... the songs were played on the radio for decades with no action against them. "

Songs played on the radio are not sales, nor are they recordings.

[alstewartfan]

I’m a real believer in intellectual property rights, so I’m on the side of PF. I’m also think that those kids who sang on The Wall should be paid already. PF members seem to be really garbage human beings. Bob