Soundgarden have refused a request to drop a lawsuit against Universal Music Group concerning the now infamous fire that destroyed thousands of masters from hundreds of various musical artists. Soundgarden was one of the groups that lost their masters. The fire took place in 2008.
Variety first reported that Gibson Dunn, the law firm representing UMG, alleged that the damages to Soundgarden’s library minimal, but that band was also made aware of the fire in 2015 and chose to do nothing. He requested that the bands lawsuit against UMG be dropped immediately.
The response came from Howard King, Soundgarden’s lawyer, in Rolling Stone on Wednesday:
“Gibson Dunn may be the biggest law firm in the world, but they are not the judge. Their arbitrary deadlines have zero force or effect. Until UMG reveals what it collected for their litigation claims to extensive damage to master recordings, we cannot accept their belated claim that no damages were actually suffered.”
[Loudwire] [Rolling Stone] [Variety]
