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