A US district court has told WIDEawke Death Row Records – the reincarnation of the infamous hip-hop label – that it does not have the rights to sell Dr Dre’s ‘The Chronic’ album digitally. Dre sued the label last year after claiming he was owed royalties for online sales of the album, and the inclusion of its tracks on other compilations. “For years, Death Row Records forgot about Dre when they continued to distribute his music digitally and combined his hits with weaker Death Row tracks in an attempt to elevate the stature of their other artists,” says Dre’s lawyer Howard King in a statement. Death Row CAN continue to sell The Chronic digitally, but the judge’s ruling means it will have to hand over 100% of the revenues to Dre. “We are gratified that the federal court has unambiguously declared that Death Row has no right to engage in such tactics, and must hold all proceeds from these illicit distributions in trust for our client,” says King. Source: Centre Daily Times
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