One of rock music's most critically acclaimed and commercially successful acts backs record label against the wall.  Pink Floyd's lawsuit against faltering record label EMI moved at broadband speeds.  Usually, cases of this nature are caught up in legal battles for years.  Spinner reports that a British court has found that EMI owes the band $60,000 in costs and could owe more in damages, after the Floyd sued the label over it selling the band's music digitally without permission. The court also ruled that EMI is barred from selling Pink Floyd's music digitally, because it violates a contract that band has with the label stating that EMI can't sell any singles from the band's albums.  The English rock super-group has song more than 200 million albums worldwide. 

The case may have far reaching ramifications since it will probably prohibit labels from trying similar stunts with other digital holdouts like AC/DC and Garth Brooks. It also establishes that digital and physical sales are one and the same.  Therefore, the labels can't have deals differentiating their distribution.