Universal Music Group has demanded that Soundgarden drop their class action against them over the 2008 vault fire
In a new court filing, UMG says the legendary grunge band was kept informed about the fire’s impact. Soundgarden’s attorney questions “why would we accept anything they say at face value now?”drop their class action against them over the 2008 vault fire, citing emails from the group showing they have been fully aware of the minimal amount of loss to their masters since 2015.
UMG filed a motion Aug. 26 demanding the band "immediately dismiss their case against UMG within 24 hours" or they would ask the court to order the band to reimburse their attorney fees and costs for defending the lawsuit.said in court papers that the band’s prior knowledge of the minimal loss due is in direct opposition to their claim that UMG has neglected to inform them of the fire damage.
UMG said after completing its impact review of the 2008 NBC-Universal fire, they "expressly told Soundgarden over four years ago that UMG had lost in the fire two compiled album master 1/2 analog reels of one Soundgarden album —— but that UMG was still able to issue a remastered release of this album, with Soundgarden’s knowledge and participation, using a digital audio tape safety copy.
Edelman says in recent court documents that in 2015 UMG sent a letter to Soundgarden co-founder and lead guitarist, director of A&R at Universal Music about the loss. Edelman is demanding that Soundgarden "immediately dismiss their case against UMG within 24 hours" based on those facts. Earlier this month, Hole dropped out of the class action lawsuit against UMG after accepting that their masters were not affected by the 2008 fire that reportedly destroyed up to 500,000 master recordings in the record company's archive vaults.
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