Chicago-based Trax Records has formally responded to a lawsuit filed against it by musicians Larry Heard and Robert Owens earlier this year.
The label argues that all but one of the duo’s claims should be dismissed by summary judgement. That would leave just the breach of contract allegation standing.Heard – aka Mr Fingers – worked with Trax in the mid-1980s.
Along the way, he signed a number of agreements with the label on the back of which Trax exploited various songs and recordings he had made, some of which were collaborations with Owens.
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