HEY! Teacher, leave those kids alone

[Gonz]

Mother, do you think they'll like this song;

A group of former pupils at a London comprehensive school are poised to win thousands of pounds in unpaid royalties for singing on Pink Floyd's classic Another Brick In The Wall 25 years ago.

The pupils from the 1979 fourthform music class at Islington Green School secretly recorded vocals after their teacher was approached by the band's management.

Now the 23 ex-pupils are suing for overdue session musician royalties, taking advantage of the Copyright Act 1997 to claim a percentage of the money from broadcasts.

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[BlurOfSerenity]

omg! that's weird! if i were one of them i'd just be happy to have been part of that, and left it at that!

 

[staffrodore]

Why shouldnt they be paid? Even back-up singers get money.

 

[PT]

I've always wondered about that, hearing those kids in the background. Guess I just figured it was kids of the band, cousins or something.

 

[pc_builder]

I thought about it once. But I thought maybe they were getting paid for it. I didn't know they weren't.

 

[Mare]

Peter Thorpe, who sang on the single, told friends: "We were just taken to the studios and it was great fun. I didn't realise royalties were owed and I'm very glad to be in a position to claim them."


I bet he is-who wouldn't be!!

 

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