Former Smashing Pumpkins James Iha and D`Arcy Wretzy-Brown are suing Virgin Records for doing a deal with Billy Corgan for the release of their music as a ringtones and downloads without consulting them.
The suit was filed this week in the LA Superior Court.The suit accuses the label of not paying them for their work on Smashing Pumpkins albums for digitally delivered music.
Iha left Smashing Pumpkins when the band dissolved in 2000. Wretzky-Brown left one year earlier.
Lead singer Billy Corgan signed the digital deal with their label in 2005, five years after the demise of the band and last year, he reformed the band without them.
`To date, Virgin continues to engage in the exploitation of electronic transmissions of the band`s recordings without plaintiffs` consent,` their lawsuit states.
The pair also sued the label earlier this year for using their music without consent in television commercials for Pepsi and Amazon.
