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SIMPLY RED - HUCKNALL LAUNCHES NEW LEGAL BATTLE WITH RECORD LABEL
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HUCKNALL LAUNCHES NEW LEGAL BATTLE WITH RECORD LABEL
SIMPLY RED frontman MICK HUCKNALL has filed suit against another major record label - a year after resolving a seven-year legal battle with another music company.
The Holding Back The Years singer was previously embroiled in a lengthy dispute with record label Warner; the feud was sparked in 2000 when the label released retrospective album It's Only Love against Hucknall's wishes.
Hucknall eventually won 50 per cent control of his back catalogue and has released all of his new music through his own website simplyred.com.
But now the star and his business associates are heading back to court to challenge record label EMI in a $43,500 (£30,000) action over its 1996 release of a Simply Red Greatest Hits CD.
According to the lawsuit, 51,000 copies of the album were provided by EMI to a now-defunct firm called Entertainment UK Ltd.
Hucknall is seeking a share of the profits from the CD sales as well as damages.
04 April 2009 14:10
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posted on 05/04/2009 02:52
Mick Hucknall deserves 50% of the profits for the entire Simply Red band
merchandising anthology, if you're making billions for the various recording
labels,though the eventual outcome of all litigation will be immediate cease &
desist orders by both Mr. Hucknall,various recording artists,& all major media
corporations forcing youtube to stop showing their music videos unless they get
the exact same 50% merchandising profits for their bands as Mick Hucknall got
for Simply Red through the same litigations with their recording labels.
