SONY PAYS OUT!!!

meatloaf-unofficial · 20 Jun 2008, 20:13

I know this was dated and is said to be old news, but I can't remember this being posted on here before... sorry if it has.

"SONY TOLD TO PAY LABEL $5 MILLION OVER MEAT LOAF LOGO OMISSION"
Entertainment giant Sony Music must pay a small record company $5 million (GBP2.5 million) for failing to put the firm's logo on reissues of MEAT LOAF's BAT OUT OF HELL album. In 1998, a court settlement ordered Sony to place Cleveland International's logo on future copies of the 1977 disc, which has sold over 30 million copies worldwide. Sony failed to do so for more than a year afterwards, leading to Friday's (23Nov07) ruling in Cincinnati, Ohio. Cleveland International founder Steve Popovich, who signed the then-unknown Meat Loaf in 1977, says, "I worked too hard for them and made them too much money to get robbed now." Sony had originally argued that Popovich had made up the logo agreement. The company then claimed the logo was omitted from subsequent pressings due to a mistake that was immediately corrected when realised.

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**allrevvedup** · 20 Jun 2008, 21:11

i'm fairly certain this was posted a long time ago...but thanks for posting anyway

~Helen~ · 20 Jun 2008, 21:26

The original post is here

http://www.mlukfc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11103

You can search for older threads with the forum's search facility near the top of the page

meatloaf-unofficial · 20 Jun 2008, 21:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by ~Helen~

The original post is here

http://www.mlukfc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11103

You can search for older threads with the forum's search facility near the top of the page

I did try searching but it didn't find it. I must of been searching with the wrong keywords... thanks though

20 Jun 2008, 20:13	#1
meatloaf-unofficial Mega Loafer Join Date: 06.02.2006 Location: Touring the Country Posts: 2,558	SONY PAYS OUT!!! I know this was dated and is said to be old news, but I can't remember this being posted on here before... sorry if it has. "SONY TOLD TO PAY LABEL $5 MILLION OVER MEAT LOAF LOGO OMISSION" Entertainment giant Sony Music must pay a small record company $5 million (GBP2.5 million) for failing to put the firm's logo on reissues of MEAT LOAF's BAT OUT OF HELL album. In 1998, a court settlement ordered Sony to place Cleveland International's logo on future copies of the 1977 disc, which has sold over 30 million copies worldwide. Sony failed to do so for more than a year afterwards, leading to Friday's (23Nov07) ruling in Cincinnati, Ohio. Cleveland International founder Steve Popovich, who signed the then-unknown Meat Loaf in 1977, says, "I worked too hard for them and made them too much money to get robbed now." Sony had originally argued that Popovich had made up the logo agreement. The company then claimed the logo was omitted from subsequent pressings due to a mistake that was immediately corrected when realised. Original Article

20 Jun 2008, 21:11	#2
allrevvedup "Most things that i worry about, never happen anyway" Join Date: 29.11.2003 Location: Liverpool Posts: 5,351	i'm fairly certain this was posted a long time ago...but thanks for posting anyway

20 Jun 2008, 21:26	#3
~Helen~ Mega Loafer Join Date: 01.11.2007 Location: Manchester Posts: 1,958	The original post is here http://www.mlukfc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11103 You can search for older threads with the forum's search facility near the top of the page