Kids from ABITW sue for unpaid royalties

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4047533.stm

The usual bullshìt from people avid for money, à la Claire Torry. 25 years later, come on, is just ridicolous. "Grab that cash with both hands" indeed.

Agreed.. reminds me of the law suit here, where a woman sued a tobacco company for getting lung cancer.
People will do anything for money these days

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Well yeah, but in america they get the money..

I may be ignorant but royalties should belong to the one who writes the song, not to the one who plays/sings/etc. Unless different agreements of course, but I don't think this is the case as RW & co. aren't so stupid.
Those former children should only be paid for their chorus performance (if they haven't been yet). But the royalties of ABITW are a different matter.

The whole thing is just bollocks, if you don't ask for royalties in the first place you don't get them and that's all there is to it.

This is pretty old, I first heard about it on the commentary for the Wall DVD, which was done in 1999, I think. The kids each got a copy of the Wall album, and are on a best selling album that millions will listen to, I think that is plenty.

and shouldn't they all by now be, adults with decent jobs?

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I wonder if there wasn't anyone responsible for those children at that time...

Here's a good article on the whole kerfuffle

Thanks Bot, that cleared it all up here.

I don't agree... The kids who sang the song, how could they know about the whole stuff?
It's not because the song is written by the composer that the singers should not have any royalties.
Each partakers must be paid, not only with a record or tips but fully.
And Clare Torry was right to claim that money. They all contributed to PF's fame.

In Clare Torry's case, some feel that she should have been given a composer's credit, which would have netted her far more than the standard session musician's fee.