i didn't meant they got paid for pressing records - they get paid a bonus on projected sales. So if you press up another 100,000 units then that's another projected 100,000 sales for them to claim a bonus from. And if it's the label heads etc doing it, they weren't really accountable to anyone... not at EMI they weren't anyway. They certainly didn't need sign-off from lawyers and accountants for shit.
This stuff goes on all the time in the industry, it's certainly not limited to EMI. For this reason, and many others, the industry only has itself to blame. It's just too bad that the behemoths have a tendency to drag down smaller fish as well.