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Janelle Borg

Sting's legal representatives claim Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland may have been “substantially overpaid” following lost royalties lawsuit

English rock group The Police performing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the band's Ghost In The Machine Tour,USA, 1981. Left to right: Stewart Copeland (drums), Sting and Andy Summers.

Following the recent lawsuit filed by the Police's Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland over lost royalties from Every Breath You Take, Sting's representatives are responding with the claim that the band members may have been “substantially overpaid” royalties.

According to reports by The New York Times, Summers and Copeland are arguing that they're owed “arranger’s fees” for income made from the “digital exploitation” of the Police’s back catalog, with Sting owing them “in excess of $2 million,” according to official documents lodged with the High Court in London.

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