{"id":2994,"date":"2010-03-09T20:13:10","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T19:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=2994"},"modified":"2022-06-09T12:29:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T11:29:26","slug":"pink-floyd-suing-emi-over-digital-royalties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/pink-floyd-suing-emi-over-digital-royalties\/","title":{"rendered":"Pink Floyd Suing EMI Over Digital Royalties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/pink-floyd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2995 lazyload\" title=\"pink floyd\" src=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/pink-floyd.jpg\" alt=\"pink floyd\" width=\"500\" height=\"343\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/pink-floyd.jpg 500w, https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/pink-floyd-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/pink-floyd-430x294.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It has been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalmusicnews.com\/stories\/030910emi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that Pink Floyd is currently in a contractual dispute with EMI. Members of Floyd are disputing a number of analog-to-digital extensions. &#8220;It was unclear whether record companies would be selling direct to the consumer or through retailers,&#8221; attorney Robert Howe noted, while also noting that the iTunes Store had not yet arrived at the time of the contract.<\/p>\n<p>Howe is contesting moves by EMI to &#8216;unbundle&#8217; music into a-la-carte singles, dismissing claims that de-coupling only applied to physical formats.\u00a0 Also under dispute is what royalty percentages should be assigned to new, digital formats.\u00a0 The case is being heard by the High Court in London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been reported that Pink Floyd is currently in a contractual dispute with EMI. Members of Floyd are disputing a number of analog-to-digital extensions. &#8220;It was unclear whether record companies would be selling direct to the consumer or through retailers,&#8221; attorney Robert Howe noted, while also noting that the iTunes Store had not yet arrived at the time of the contract. Howe is contesting moves by EMI to &#8216;unbundle&#8217; music into a-la-carte singles, dismissing claims that de-coupling only applied to physical formats.\u00a0 Also under dispute is what royalty percentages should be assigned to new, digital formats.\u00a0 The case is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[891,2444,790,608,2443,489],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pink Floyd Suing EMI Over Digital Royalties - RouteNote Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/pink-floyd-suing-emi-over-digital-royalties\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pink Floyd Suing EMI Over Digital Royalties - RouteNote Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It has been reported that Pink Floyd is currently in a contractual dispute with EMI. 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