Pink Floyd Wins Court Battle
Mar 12th, 2010 by Ivo Quartiroli | | Permalink
The New York Times: Pink Floyd Wins Court Battle With EMI Over Downloads
The British rock band Pink Floyd won its court battle with EMI on Thursday, with a ruling that prevents the record company from selling single downloads on the Internet from the group’s concept albums… The judge said the purpose of a clause in the contract, drawn up more than a decade ago, was to “preserve the artistic integrity of the albums.”
Parts of tracks were even sold as ringtones for mobile phones. This court’s sentence is a small but significant achievement toward appreciating longer narratives instead of the “now, new and brief”.
See also: Maybe I would Not Appreciate Pink Floyd’s Music if it was Digital
Sembra roba da poco, invece è davvero una bella notizia. E’ una notizia di Resistenza. Bravi, Gilmour e Mason, a impuntarvi sulla difesa della vostra creatività e della completezza del vostro discorso musicale!