Pink Floyd wins court battle over EMI
A damaging blow was given to the Man yesterday when the band Pink Floyd won their court battle against record label EMI.
The band’s lawsuit claimed that EMI was selling their songs individually online when they had no right to. It even said in their contract that “there are no rights to sell any or all of the records as single records other than with [Pink Floyd's] permission.”
EMI tried to counter by saying that the word “record” only applied to physical copies of their albums and not the digital versions. But the judge was not buying it.
In the end, Pink Floyd was awarded $60,000 in damages and their music can no longer be sold online by EMI. I, for one, am glad this happened. It’s good to know that a band wants to keep the integrity of their music and not sully it by trying to sell off singles online for a quick buck. Especially with a band like Pink Floyd, whose albums are meant to be heard as a whole and not as individual tracks.
So now, along with AC/DC and The Beatles, only whole albums from Pink Floyd can be bought. So if you’re that kid that heard “Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 2″ on the radio and really liked it, I suggest you buy the rest of The Wall to see how that song fits in the grand scheme of things. You’ll thank me for it.
Tags: EMI, Pink Floyd
