A British court has ruled in favour of veteran rock band Pink Floyd on Thursday, barring their record company EMI from selling downloads of individual tracks from their albums.
The High Court ruled that EMI was bound under a contract with the band banning the sale of its records in formats other than as complete albums, without written consent.
A clause in their contract specified this to "preserve the artistic integrity of the albums," said judge Andrew Morritt. Pink Floyd signed with EMI in 1967 and their albums include "Dark Side Of The Moon", one of the biggest selling discs of all time. Pink Floyd found fame with in the late 1960s and early 1970s, hitting the global big-time with 1973's "Dark Side of the Moon", followed by "Wish You Were Here", "Animals" and 1979's "The Wall".
Relations between the original members of the band were strained in recent years but they reunited for the giant Live 8 concert in London's Hyde Park in 2005. Keyboard player Richard Wright died of cancer in 2008 aged 65.
