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News - The Smashing Pumpkins Sue Virgin |
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Tuesday, 25 March 2008 |
 Virgin Records The Smashing Pumpkins are suing their former record label, Virgin Records for illegally using their name and image in promotional deals with Pepsi and Amazon.com.
"We fought hard for the right to be in control of how our music is used, to avoid situations like this kind of crass commercialism and exploitation. Labels like EMI are no longer running the show, and we won't be bullied by those in the 'old' music business who consider every artist to be easily expendable. Those days are over." - Billy Corgan
The band claims that the unauthorized use of their likeness and musical works threatens their artist integrity and reduces their market value. To read more about the lawsuit, visit:
SmashingPumpkins.com CNN.com
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