Pink Floyd win court case against EMI re Internet sales

[Peter Galbavy]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8561963.stm

"Pink Floyd have won a court battle with record label EMI over how their music is sold over the internet.

The rock legends, signed to EMI since 1967, sued the label over its decision to sell individual album tracks online.

EMI has been ordered to pay £40,000 ($60,000) in costs as an interim payment. The judge is to rule how much more the label should pay as a fine.

EMI has also been banned from selling single Pink Floyd tracks online without the band's permission.

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[Rare Bird]

Good

[Themis]

Artists are a pain in the ass. EMI should fire them all.

[Covenant]

Artists are a pain in the ass. EMI should fire them all.

Wash your mouth out Dimitri-thats Pink Floyd you are talking about.

[Themis]

Wash your mouth out Dimitri-thats Pink Floyd you are talking about.

Ah ? Which one is Pink ?

[Beechwoods]

... and in celebration, and to show it's not all about charging their fans the price of an album just to get hold of one of their hits, the band have decided to offer their complete albums at the revolutionary price of 79p, for a limited time...

I'm joking, but some might call it protectionism. When Floyd released that horrible 'Echoes' compilation, with horrible cross fades and wind noises between tracks that were designed to be heard as part of a complete work, they proved to me they had about as much respect for their legacy as EMI do selling their tracks off piecemeal

[Rare Bird]

All record companies want fu**ing off the face of the earth period.

[DSJR]

I doubt the "Echoes" compilation was the band's idea to be fair...

PF's albums were conceived to be ALBUMS you played from one end to another (except side 1 of Meddle and the later ones post RW possibly, but even then). I just can't pick a track and play it, rather start from the beginning and let the vibe flow from beginning to end..

The annoying thing is that EMI have some of the older albums from the Virgin catalogue that could be re-released cheaply, either as downloads or two-on-one CD's, but they can't be a*sed it seems...

[Haselsh1]

Av yer got the SACD of Dark Side of the Moon...? Simply stunning. I love it, especially through the Croft.

[The Vinyl Adventure]

I like that versionof dsom too but loads of peeps round here seem to moan about it