Fred Durst, frontman of the rock band Limp Bizkit, sued Universal Music Group NV, the world’s largest record company, claiming he was cheated out of millions of dollars in royalties.
The complaint filed Tuesday in federal court in Los Angeles seeks upward of $200 million in damages, as well as the return of Limp Bizkit’s copyrights. The lawsuit alleges Universal Music systematically and intentionally deprived other artists of their earnings as well, and seeks to claw back copyrights from other groups that worked with Universal through Durst’s Flawless Records.
The frontman maintains he never received