The surviving members of the group are the latest musicians to object to recording company sales accountability. “The lawsuit, filed in December, claims EMI and its affiliate Capitol wrongly classified copies of Beatles recordings as destroyed or damaged “scrap” but then secretly sold them. It also alleges the number of units sold was under-reported, and the firms classified some recordings as ‘promotional’ and as a result non-royalty bearing, but then sold the material. The lawsuit was triggered by an audit of the companies’ books from the period 1994 to 1999, which the band says uncovered allegedly deceitful behaviour.”