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“My gut tells me that this isn’t a systematic scheme to withhold royalties. It’s more of an accounting issue that’s blown up,” Gilbert said. “It sounded pretty damning and pretty heavy-handed, but in my experience, I think it’s something less dramatic.”

“It’s a bit over the top,” said Tavern, who now lectures on the music industry at the University of New Haven. “It can probably be easily explained by bureaucracy, or incompetence,” or the sheer volume of payments processed by a music firm as large as UMG, he said.

Oh, the record company execs think this is a simple misunderstanding, and definitely doesn’t represent them ripping people off. You have to believe them!

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10 points

I mean who hasnt made an innocent $200m rounding error?

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18 points

They want money?!?!?

I thought they did it all for the nookie. 🤔

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11 points

First you get the money. Then you get the power. Then you get the nookie.

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6 points

When do I get the khakis?

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3 points

By asking that you’ve already failed. You needed to have the khakis the whole time.

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2 points

Just wait around in a red baseball cap and soon you’ll be rollin’.

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3 points

The nookie has run out. Now it’s about the money.

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3 points

Ah damn, now i have that song stuck in my head!

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9 points

One of the few times I am rooting for Fred Durst.

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6 points

good, fuck UMG

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