Attorneys for Common Music Group have responded to Limp Bizkit‘s $200 million lawsuit towards the music writer, claiming the allegations are primarily based on “fiction.”
As beforehand reported, Fred Durst and Limp Bizkit filed a lawsuit towards Common Music for $200 million, claiming the band “by no means acquired any royalties” till lately.
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Within the lawsuit, filed on October eighth, Durst’s legal professionals allege that Limp Bizkit and “probably tons of of different artists” have “unfairly had their royalties wrongfully withheld for years” attributable to a “fraudulent” system created by Common Music. Contemplating Limp Bizkit’s huge reputation throughout these years, and the appreciable quantity of subsequent royalties, the lawsuit raised eyebrows throughout the trade.
Now, UMG’s attorneys have hit again in a movement final Friday (November twenty second), stating that Durst’s claims are “primarily based on a fallacy” and that paperwork included in his personal lawsuit “eviscerate” his case.
“Plaintiffs’ complete narrative that UMG tried to hide royalties is a fiction,” wrote Rollin A. Ransom, an legal professional representing UMG [via Rolling Stone]. “Plaintiffs’ criticism fails as a matter of legislation and ought to be dismissed with prejudice.”
Based on Billboard, the submitting cites emails by which a UMG exec seems to have reached out to get royalties shifting, however was rebuffed by the band’s personal administration.
The submitting continued: “Over a 12 months earlier than plaintiffs’ ‘discovery’ of allegedly ‘hid’ royalties, UMG affirmatively and unilaterally reached out to Limp Bizkit’s consultant in order that it may start making royalty funds to the band, and was as an alternative knowledgeable by him that every one members of Limp Bizkit however one (together with plaintiff Durst) had assigned their royalty shares to others, and had been due to this fact not entitled to any royalty funds from UMG.”
Durst’s lawyer Mark Fabiani responded in an announcement to Billboard:
“When somebody is caught purple handed, their first response is commonly to rent very costly outdoors legislation corporations who first, as a matter after all, attempt something to dismiss the swimsuit when they’re in hassle with the info. On this case, we imagine UMG is utilizing a typical, formulaic, well-trodden technique of reaching for any escape route by desperately greedy at technicalities.”
Regardless of the continuing authorized drama, Limp Bizkit are again within the studio engaged on the follow-up to their 2021 album Nonetheless Sucks. In late October, Durst supplied an replace from on Instagram, sharing a narrative of John Otto monitoring drums for the brand new materials. The nu-metal vets are additionally set to help Metallica’s 2025 North American tour (get tickets right here).