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Tuesday, 25 March 2008

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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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written by Guest , March 26, 2008
im split. i dont like corporations bullying people around, but on the other hand would like to get smashing pumpkins mp3s for free when i buy pepsi (which i dont do often). all my life ive wanted to obtain smashing pumpkins music in some way other than purchasing or illegally downloading, now here is a chance for that to happen... guess i better buy some pepsi soon.
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