Rage
Simon Cowell doesn't own the rights to any Rage Against the Machine song - no more than he does any Iron Maiden song, so I'm not sure where you go that from.

I think the campaign was more against bubble-gum, manufactured music than about how much money Simon Cowell makes or doesn't make.
(dchurch bah, Fri 12 Nov 2010, 13:34, 1 reply)

*shrugs*
that's what I heard, you're probably right though...
(stewiegriffin, Fri 12 Nov 2010, 13:45, closed)

The RATM recording was on the Epic label, which is owned by Sony.
Cowell owns a certain amount of Sony stock.

Or something like that. Anyway, it all lined his pockets.
(sabre-tooth monkey, Fri 12 Nov 2010, 14:00, closed)

He
sold his record company to Sony - which is where everyone gets the association from.
He wouldn't have profited from any sales of Rage after this event, as he had nothing to do with Sony from that point, apart from a contract of employment.
(dchurch bah, Fri 12 Nov 2010, 15:17, closed)

My mistake.
Still, hardly subverting the might of the music industry by giving Sony all our money, are we?

Right, I'm off to play my PS3 on my Bravia TV, while texting people on my Xperia and playing some music through a Walkman!
(sabre-tooth monkey, Fri 12 Nov 2010, 16:00, closed)