Pink Floyd sue EMI over individual song sales

As reported by the Guardian, Pink Floyd has reunited with the intension of suing their label EMI for selling their songs individually via iTunes.

At the centre of the debate is Pink Floyd’s 1999 contract that states that their songs cannot be "unbundled" or sold individually from the albums on which they appear.

However, in addition to full albums, EMI is currently offering all Pink Floyd songs as individual purchases on iTunes because they argue the band’s contract only applies to their physical releases and not to the band’s downloadable discography.

In the lawsuit’s first hearing, Pink Floyd’s lawyer Robert Howe argued that the 1999 contract "expressly prohibits" the selling of songs out of context, which they allege EMI’s individual song download allows.

EMI have dismissed these allegations claiming the album stipulation applies only to physical releases like CDs and DVDs.

Pink Floyd holds the label’s second most profitable back catalogue behind the Beatles.

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