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The Beatles Sue Record Label Giants
Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr plus the families of John Lennon and George Harrison allege that the companies fraudulently “pocketed millions of dollars” from the band between 1994 and 1999. The lawsuit was launched back in December and claims that the labels falsely classified some copies of Beatles albums as faulty, but went on to sell them. (01/09) ReadKeyword(s) : Album, Brass-band, Label, Record, Record-shop
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