· sources close to two of the artists have confirmed to variety that their archives were not damaged or destroyed in the fire. · several prominent musicians are suing the worlds largest record label, universal music, after learning their music may have been lost in a fire. · a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against universal music by several artists over the 2008 fire that destroyed thousands of master recordings. One of the artists in the original lawsuit, hole, withdrew after. · several high-profile musicians sued umg last year over the loss of archived recordings. A federal judge has dismissed several iconic musicians’ lawsuit against universal music group over. · a judge has dismissed a claim against universal music group (umg) originally brought by several artists and estates over a 2008 warehouse blaze. A month after the story broke, kraus issued an internal note to universal staff, which claimed that his research at the time had found only 22 original master recordings by five artists had been lost in the fire , and that backup copies had been found for each lost master. · following the shock for music fans last month that upwards of 60 rock and metal master recordings were lost in the 2008 universal fire , the media company is coming somewhat clean about the.
