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Poison Sues Capitol For Underpaid Royalties

posted Jun 20, 2008 at 10:59 PM by deathbringer.  (6 Comments)

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Billboard.com reports that members of the hair metal band Poison claim their record label has consistently underpaid royalties to them throughout their career, according to a lawsuit.

The suit, filed Wednesday against Capitol Records and EMI Music Marketing, says the companies breached contracts with the band by improperly categorizing certain record sales and miscalculating everything from producer royalties to foreign taxes.

According to the lawsuit, the band signed a contract with Enigma Records in 1986, which later transferred control to Capitol Records. The group claims it tried to audit its records kept by Capitol, but the firm didn't fully cooperate.

Poison says it cannot determine how much money it is owed and asked a judge to order Capitol Records to allow a full accounting review of the band's records.

Since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking point-of-sale data in 1991, Poison has sold more than 5.7 million albums.

A representative for Capitol and EMI did not immediately return a phone message seeking comment.

Source: Billboard.com

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6 Comments on "Poison Sues Capitol For Underpaid Royalties"

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1. b.bristowe writes:

Lazy old dead beat musicians. Get a job you money grabbing bastards. Poison sucks.

# Jun 21, 2008 @ 3:35 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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2. FocusShift writes:

It's not capitol records fault that you're broke from snorting lines off of hooker's asses.

# Jun 21, 2008 @ 10:12 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. HUH? writes:

It's taken them since 1986 to claim they are being scewed by their record compnay?
Actually, I didn't think they've been on Capital for the past ten years.

# Jun 21, 2008 @ 10:44 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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4. russ writes:

show me the money.

# Jun 26, 2008 @ 10:40 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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5. TakeTheMoneyAndRun writes:

This doesnt suprise me. Musicians are just so easy to f*** over. Even someone like Trent reznor - who I believe has an IQ above an average musician - decided to call his manager back in 2005 with the question "hey, how much erm, like, money do I have, you know, like, in the band, like, in total dude, you know what I mean?" and found out he had about 10% of what he thought he was worth. For those unlucky souls who have to work for living, I for one only accept 100% of my wages. Not 99%. Either Im not working.

# Jun 27, 2008 @ 3:31 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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6. TakeTheMoneyAndRun writes:

In the bank... not band...

# Jun 27, 2008 @ 3:32 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address

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