Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan recently discussed the band's lawsuit against Virgin Records for allowing the use of their songs in Pepsi and Amazon.com commercials. "I'm sure they indicated to Pepsi that they had a right to do this, full well knowing they do not have the right," Corgan said told Billboard.
The band filed a lawsuit last week against Virgin stating that the company's commercial appropriation “irreparably harmed” Smashing Pumpkins' “reputation and goodwill” with their fans. Although several ads featuring Pumpkins songs surfaced during the band's five-year hiatus, the band's main quarrel lies with unauthorized uses of its music.
This suit comes on the coattails of a long and hard-fought feud between the Pumpkins and Virgin, a company Corgan says has shown a consistent lack of respect for the band's body of work. “They've atrophied the [Pumpkins] catalog down so low that they probably hope we'll crawl back and ask for cash.”
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