EMI Cannot Unbundle Pink Floyd Songs

smooth wombat writes "Before the advent of iTunes and MP3s, EMI and Pink Floyd entered into a contract which stated that EMI could not unbundle individual songs from their original album settings. This was insisted upon by the members of Pink Floyd, who wanted to retain artistic control of their works, which they considered 'seamless' pieces of music. However, with the advent of digital downloads, EMI has been selling individual songs through its online store. Pink Floyd sued, claiming EMI was violating the contract, whereas EMI said the contract only applied to physical albums, not Internet sales. Judge Andrew Morritt backed the band, saying the contract protected 'the artistic integrity of the albums.' Judge Morritt also ruled EMI is 'not entitled to exploit recordings by online distribution or by any other means other than the complete original album without Pink Floyd's consent.'"

Emi

[Theoboley]

all in all, they just ran into a wall.

3 strikes, please

[egcagrac0]

Let's hope they get permanently blocked by their ISP (and others) for three strikes.

Re:Emi

[Fieryphoenix]

We don't need no compilations!

Re:Emi

[Em Emalb]

Hey, Leachers, leave that band alone!

(Alternate title: Several Species of Nasty Verminous Lawyers Gathered Together in a Basement Groveling Over a Contract)

Re:Guess no music games then

[Chris Burke]

There goes any hopes for Pink Floyd on Rock Band or Guitar Hero...

They can still make em, they're just going to be fucking brutal. One level is Dark Side of the Moon. The next is The Wall. Hope you can keep it up for 81 minutes, fucker!

Re:And if EMI disobeys, Roger Waters will say

[decep]

And then Nick Mason will cut you up into little pieces.

Re:Good for PF...but also...bad for PF?

[Nefarious Wheel]

Then why would Pink Floyd ask for royalties as damages?

How else are you going to hurt the bastards? Money. It's a hit. Don't give me any do goody-goody bullshit.

Re:Support local music

[Kell Bengal]

That's ridiculous. Everyone knows that music is created solely in the tightly controlled laboratories deep within record label strongholds. Instrument players are merely stealing music by way of arranging reproductions of notes and chord progressions developed by, and the exclusive property of, the music industry. These people must be stopped before their counterfeit performances devalue music by making it accessible.

Re:Radio?

[RobotRunAmok]

3 moderators agree with him; none with you.

Dude, I get massive amounts of mod points here all the time, and I'm a fuckin' idiot. What's your point?

Re:Good for PF...but also...bad for PF?

[idontgno]

Your comment reminds me how truly and deeply I miss AOR [wikipedia.org].

Chillin' out with my boombox in my lounge chair in my lawn with a tall cool drink listening to Alan Parsons Project or Yes.... I wouldn't even feel the need to yell at you to get off, you young kids...

Some of us

[Richy_T]

are OK with it.

Re:One downside

[AtariKee]

And by then, the Robotrons will have destroyed the human race anyway...

Re:Good for PF...but also...bad for PF?

[RichardJenkins]

Who let all this riff raff into the room?

Re:Good for PF...but also...bad for PF?

[randy of the redwood]

If all this press gets one kid to listen to Pink Floyd, its a win.

For them, and those of us who get to drive next to them with the windows rolled down.

Re:Emi

[Anonymous Coward]

You're suggesting that "the whole of" the Wall is worth listening to?

Try Animals, then you will be correct.

Oops, I forgot The Wall was lapped up by a generation of impressionable, imagination-bereft Americans.