Pink Floyd tracks: goodbye cruel (digital) world?    The High
Court's ruling was based on a clause in Pink Floyd's contract
with EMI that was designed to enable the band to "preserve the
artistic integrity" of its music. According to judge Andrew
Morritt, the implication of this was that EMI needed Pink
Floyd's explicit permission to "exploit recording by online
distribution or by any other means other than the original
album".  As the BBC explains, Pink Floyd didn't release many
singles. Instead, the band's songs were meant to 'go together',
meaning that fans needed to buy an entire album to experience
the product the way Pink Floyd intended. In the digital age, of
course, consumers more often than not opt to purchase songs à la
carte, and up until now, to Pink Floyd's dismay, they've been
able to do that with Pink Floyd music.  At this stage, no order
requiring EMI to stop selling individual Pink Floyd tracks has
been issued. Yet. And it's all but certain this won't be the
final word on the matter. But what