Robert Fripp is up in arms that EMI has made King Crimson tracks available for digital downloads despite never having the rights for the music. To top that off, he contends the two tracks from "No Pussyfooting," an album he made with Brian Eno, was being offered for 99c each. (Yikes!)
He writes on his website:
"What galls is the cavalier approach to copyright ownership of someone other than EMI. It’s a little too rich to punish punters for illegal downloads of EMI copyright material when EMI are themselves guilty of copyright violation.
How bad do EMI management systems have to be that the company has no power of control over its licensing to download companies?  What checks were made to ensure that EMI had the rights to King Crimson / RF material? What systems did EMI have in place to ensure that all licensees were promptly informed when the license ended? Why did these systems fail in several EMI territories? What did EMI do to ensure their licensees honour the reversions?"
All good questions. So if King Crimson were still an EMI artist, one supposes they be among the acts getting the axe from Guy Hands