abstract:Universal class is a category derived from the philosophy of Hegel, redefined and popularized by Karl Marx. In Marxism it denotes that class of people within a stratified society for which, at a given point in history, self-interested action coincides with the needs of humanity as a whole.
In April, the Rick James estate filed a class action lawsuit against Universal, making the same argument as FBT: that artists should get a 50% cut of sales from digital music.