Is selling music via digital download services a "sale" or a "license" for the purpose of accounting to recording artists? That question has been raised again in a new lawsuit filed by the sister of Bruce Gary, the late drummer of the rock group the Knack. Photos: Crazy Cases! 18 of Hollywood's Outrageous Entertainment Lawsuits Felice Catena, the heir to Gary's estate, sued Capitol Records in Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday claiming the label has failed to pay a 50 percent royalty rate when licensing the Knack music like My Sharona and Good Girls Don't to such digital dowload
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- 12/23/2011
- by Matthew Belloni
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Music doesn't pay like it used to -- at least according to the sister of deceased Knack drummer Bruce Gary ... who is now suing Capitol Records, claiming the company is screwing her out of hard-earned digital download money.Gary's sister -- Felice Catena -- inherited the rights to Bruce's music after he passed away in 2006. Now, she's filed a lawsuit in L.A. County Superior Court, claiming Capitol is shafting her ... paying only a teensy-weensy...
- 12/23/2011
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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