The lawsuit sought upwards of $100million in damages A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against Universal Music by several iconic artists over a 2008 warehouse fire that destroyed a host of master recordings, The New York Times reported on April 6.
Over 700 artists and bands are believed to have lost their masters in the blaze, which allegedly consumed over 100,000 audio recordings.
Artists such as Nirvana, R.E.M., Hole, Beck, Soundgarden, Janet Jackson and Nine Inch Nails were named among those whose master tapes were destroyed in the June 1, 2008 fire.
The artists who filed the suit – Soundgarden, Hole, Steve Earle and the estates of 2Pac and Tom Petty – sought upwards of $100million in damages.
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