Alvin & Chipmunks owner suing EMI for royalties

[Redneck4sure]

Bagdasarian Prods, owner of the "Alvin and the Chipmunks" franchise, is suing EMI Music for allegedly failing to pay appropriate royalties on a boxed set of Chipmunks music featuring 24 songs.

The Chipmunks were created in 1958 by Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., and became an instant success -- perhaps the best-selling gimmick in entertainment history.

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Sounds like another day at the courthouse for our friends, the record company. I'll bet a case of ammo that they pay up before court date.