Pink Floyd Win Another EMI Battle
Band to prevent label from selling individual tracks online
Pink Floyd have won another battle with EMI to maintain the integrity of their albums on download websites.
The long running saga, which originated when Pink Floyd filed a lawsuit against their label EMI to stop them from allowing their songs the be sold as individual tracks on download websites, has ended with a victory in the Court Of Appeal.
EMI lost the original case earlier this year but filed an appeal, which they have now lost after Pink Floyd’s lawyers successfully argued that group's 1999 contract with their label requires them to sell its catalog only as complete albums, even in digital form.
What this means is that websites such as iTunes and 7Digital may now be forced to sell only complete albums rather than individual track downloads.
The case is part of an ongoing dispute over an alleged £10m in unpaid royalties from sales between 2002 and 2007.