Pink Floyd blocks individual downloads

Thursday was a major victory for the Pink Floyd rock band when Britain's High Court ruled in favor for Pink Floyd blocking their long-time producer EMI from selling individual songs online.

British rock band, Pink Floyd won a lawsuit against their long-time record producer EMI Thursday when the High Court decided in-favor of the band preventing the producers from selling the band's individual songs online. The Chancellor of Britain's High Court, Sir Andrew Morritt, ruled that the bands albums could not be broken up.EMI contended the contract between them and the band was directed towards the physical albums and should not apply towards on-line sales. Pink Floyd had a clause in their contract with EMI that provided for the right to "preserve the artistic integrity." The band has long held the line that they believe their music should never be sold individually because their albums have always been intended to be listened to in their entirety. EMI issued a statement saying, "We're huge fans of Pink Floyd whose great catalog we have been representing for more than 40 years and continue to represent exclusively and internationally." For EMI Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" and "The Wall" have been two of EMI's most lucrative contract since 1967.