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Beach Boys Guitarist David Marks Leads Class Action Lawsuit Against UMG

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David Marks, an early member of The Beach Boys, has filed a class action lawsuit against UMG Recordings in which he accuses the company of shorting its artists millions of dollars from international streaming revenue.According to the lawsuit, filed in California federal court on Thursday, Marks says that UMG is “contractually required to pay artists a portion of the international revenue it receives from the exploitation of Plaintiff and Class Members’ artistic works from digital streaming.”Marks says that UMG has been underreporting revenue generated from foreign sales and thus paying its artists less than he believes they are owed.

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