A number of lawsuits are expected to be filed as early as next week in response to a report from New York Times Magazine regarding thousands of master recordings owned by Universal Music Group (UMG) being destroyed in a 2008 fire.
Since the feature from New York Times Magazine on Universal Music Group reportedly losing nearly 500,000 song master recordings in a 2008 fire, many artists have since issued statements regarding their own recordings.
After The New York Times Magazine revealed that Universal Music Group lost nearly 500,000 song master recordings, many from iconic artists of the 20th and 21st century, in a 2008 fire, the company has now responded in a statement to Variety.
A feature in The New York Times Magazine has revealed that the master recordings of nearly 500,000 songs in a Universal Music Group archive from artists spanning the 20th and 21st century were destroyed in a massive fire from 2008.
