Linda Perry To Warner Music Group: “What’s Up With The Money You Owe Me?”

haaaayaaaayayaaayaya.jpgLinda Perry, the former 4 Non Blondes frontwoman who went on to produce songs for Christina Aguilera, Pink, and Gwen Stefani, is suing Warner Music Group for royalties she believes she is owed on James Blunt’s Back To Bedlam, which came out on her imprint Custard Records. Perry is suing for royalties on the album–which, according to the suit, has made WMG a cool $100 million–plus $5 million in damages, and she’s saying that Warner Music Group “follows the far too familiar scenario involving a large multinational corporate record company which takes advantage of a small, independent production company.” For its part, Warner says that it has always compensated the label in accordance with the contract the two parties agreed upon when Perry initially brought Blunt to WMG’s attention, which sounds to me like code for “read the fine print, lady.” [BBC]

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15 Responses to “Linda Perry To Warner Music Group: “What’s Up With The Money You Owe Me?””

  1. by narymary at 2:41 am

    @Ned Raggett: I don’t know if there’s enough money in the world to compensate for the emotional damages, but there’s enough to at least salve the wounds.

  2. by at 3:23 am

    @Ned Raggett: Drawing up an Internet petition right now…..

  3. by Ned Raggett at 3:46 am

    I salute you all, my fellow sufferers.

  4. I follow the story, but why is there a picture of a largemouth bass accompanying it?

  5. by GhostOfDuane at 10:18 am

    eeen ahh say heeeeeyyyaaaaayeeeeheyhey, heyyahhyay, i said hey, what’s goin on (with those multinational corporations exploiting small independent production companies)?

  6. by Ned Raggett at 10:24 am

    Class action lawsuit against Perry for damages caused by That Song — WHO IS WITH ME?

  7. by extracrispy at 10:28 am

    Is she the one who threw a used tampon in the crowd once? Or was that some other early 90s lesbo band?

  8. @extracrispy: That was someone from L7, I think at Reading Festival.

  9. by MTS at 10:54 am

    href=”#c4565084″>Audif Jackson Winters III: that was deffo L7.

  10. by FionaScrapple at 11:02 am

    @Ned Raggett:

    Where do I sign?

  11. by AL at 11:59 am

    @extracrispy: yes, every all-woman band is a “lesbo band”

  12. by encyclopediablack at 12:09 pm

    @Ned Raggett: Finally, there’s a movement I can support. If you need someone to testify before Congress about this atrocity, let me know.

  13. by Rob Murphy at 12:09 pm

    Can I sue Linda Perry for signing James Blunt?

  14. by encyclopediablack at 12:55 pm

    @Rob Murphy: Word up. You can’t spread musical herpes (James Blunt and “What’s Going On”) and not expect your comeuppance.

  15. by at 12:56 pm

    I’m sure I don’t want to know the story of why she decided to name her label “Custard Records”

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