ffs, UMG is handling every aspect of this, and every subsequent step, in the dumbest way imaginable.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 18 July 2019 20:43 (four years ago) link
https://variety.com/2019/music/news/universal-music-fire-hole-many-suing-artists-masters-not-damaged-1203306883/
Hole is off the suit, other changes etc.
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 00:26 (four years ago) link
https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/universal-music-refutes-soundgarden-lawsuit-claims-2008-fire-dismissal-1203315143/
― Stub yr toe on the yacht rock (morrisp), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 02:32 (four years ago) link
“We told you six years after it happened!”
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 29 August 2019 05:21 (four years ago) link
More artists pull out of the lawsuit: https://variety.com/2020/biz/news/tupac-soundgarden-universal-music-fire-lawsuit-1203533645/
― Panic! At The Costco (morrisp), Friday, 13 March 2020 23:15 (four years ago) link
Everyone should stay in a lawsuit demanding their rights back due to mishandling of assets, rather than specific damages suffered
― Fantastic. Great move. Well done (sic), Friday, 13 March 2020 23:38 (four years ago) link
Jody Rosen of NY Times tweeted in response to Variety article: Next time UMG passes along an internal memo for publication, @Variety might require on-record answers to follow-up Qs. Here's 1: The vault destroyed in the '08 fire held 10s of 1000s of historic master recordings on the Decca & Chess labels. Any update on the fate of those tapes?
― curmudgeon, Friday, 13 March 2020 23:51 (four years ago) link