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Getty<\/span>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n A titan in the music biz is threatening a Guns N\u2019 Roses superfan with a huge lawsuit \u2026 claiming the guy leaked a ton of the band\u2019s unreleased songs over the internet.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Here\u2019s the deal \u2026 Guns N\u2019 Roses claims Rick Dunsford <\/strong>leaked 97 previously unreleased songs over the web after obtaining the recordings from a storage unit auction, and UMG \u2014 which owns the copyrights \u2014 is threatening to sue him for a ton of money.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n UMG\u2019s legal team fired off a cease and desist letter to Rick \u2014 obtained by TMZ \u2014 claiming Dunsford violated an earlier settlement agreement in which UMG paid him $15k to return the recordings.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The dispute traces its roots back to when Guns N\u2019 Roses\u2019 former A&R guy Tom Zutaut <\/strong>auctioned off a storage unit filled with digital recordings of GNR music from 2000 and 2001.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Rick, a die-hard GNR fan, claims he and some fellow fans bought the music from the storage unit for $15,000. We\u2019re told the band\u2019s management later caught wind of the transaction, and agreed to pay Rick $15k to sell the music back to them.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Problem is \u2026 UMG claims Rick started leaking the songs a month after he struck the deal, and now UMG is threatening him with legal action.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n For his part, Rick claims someone else is leaking the tunes, and he says he told GNR management about the leaks from the jump.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n It gets even worse for the superfan \u2026 Rick\u2019s been issued a lifetime ban from Guns N\u2019 Roses shows.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n We reached out to reps for the band \u2026 so far, radio silence.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n