Editing Nine Inch Nails (section)

===TVT Records===
In the early 1990s, Nine Inch Nails was involved in a much-publicized feud with TVT Records, the first record label to sign the band. Reznor objected to the label's attempted interference with his intellectual property.<ref name = "Shock" /> Ultimately, Nine Inch Nails entered into a joint venture with Interscope Records in which Reznor forfeited a portion of his publishing rights to TVT Music in exchange for the freedom of having his own [[Nothing Records]] imprint.{{sfn|Huxley|1997|pp=81–82}} In 2005, Reznor sued his former friend and manager John Malm, co-founder of Nothing, for fraud, breach of contract and fiduciary duty, and other claims.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Court Holds Reznor/Malm Contract Not Unconscionable|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1413034/court-holds-reznormalm-contract-not-unconscionable|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=February 4, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613005155/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1413034/court-holds-reznormalm-contract-not-unconscionable|archive-date=June 13, 2015}}</ref> Their relationship was formally severed in a New York courtroom, with damages awarded to Reznor in excess of $3 million.<ref name = "E! Online">{{cite web| url = http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/archive.jsp?uuid=0d53d346-74a1-496c-a624-3ce5e8054ae4| title = Reznor bails on MTV, nails manager| author = Amter, Charlie| work = [[E!|E! Online]]|publisher=[[Comcast|Comcast Entertainment Group]]| date = May 27, 2005| access-date = November 28, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221033223/http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b49960_Reznor_Bails_on_MTV_Nails_Manager.html|archive-date=February 21, 2009}}</ref>

At the behest of [[Prudential Financial|Prudential Securities]] bankruptcy proceedings, TVT put the rights to Reznor's recordings for the label on auction in 2005. This offer included the whole TVT catalog, including ''Pretty Hate Machine'', and a percentage of royalties from Reznor's song publishing company, Leaving Hope Music/TVT Music. [[Rykodisc]], which did not win the auction but was able to license the rights from Prudential, reissued the out-of-print ''Pretty Hate Machine'' CD on November 22, 2005.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://theninhotline.net/news/archives/backissue.php?y=05&m=10#1130439320| title = Rykodisk to reissue pretty hate machine *updated*| publisher = The NIN Hotline| date = October 27, 2005| access-date = November 28, 2006| url-status = live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071128011519/http://www.theninhotline.net/news/archives/backissue.php?y=05&m=10#1130439320| archive-date = November 28, 2007}}</ref> Ryko also reissued the "Head Like a Hole" CD and a vinyl edition of ''Pretty Hate Machine'' in 2006. The label considered releasing a deluxe edition, just as Interscope had done for ''The Downward Spiral''. They were influenced by Reznor and liked the idea, but did not want to pay him for the album and the idea was scrapped.<ref name="Toronto Sun">{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/N/Nine_Inch_Nails/2005/11/07/1296952.html|title=Reznor grits his teeth|author=Ladouceur, Liisa|date=November 8, 2005|work=[[The Toronto Sun]]|publisher=[[Sun Media]]|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115141839/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/N/Nine_Inch_Nails/2005/11/07/1296952.html|archive-date=January 15, 2013|access-date=May 14, 2008}}</ref>