Rock bands sue Sony over download royalties

Rock bands Cheap Trick and The Allman Brothers Band are suing Sony Music, claiming they are being short-changed on royalties for songs downloaded legally over the internet.

Rock bands sue Sony over download royalties

Rock bands Cheap Trick and The Allman Brothers Band are suing Sony Music, claiming they are being short-changed on royalties for songs downloaded legally over the internet.

The suit, filed at a federal court in Manhattan in the US, claims Sony has failed to live up to a contract requiring that it pay its musicians half of the net revenue it receives from licensing songs to download services like iTunes and Napster.

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