Law360, New York (May 30, 2017, 3:15 PM EDT) -- Spotify has agreed to pay $43 million to settle class action copyright litigation claiming the streaming service failed to pay proper royalties to thousands of songwriters.
The settlement, filed in court late Friday, will resolve two class actions that claimed Spotify chose "systemic and willful copyright infringement" rather than following proper procedures to pay so-called mechanical royalties, which go to songwriters and publishers when compositions are recorded or reproduced.
The settlement, filed in court late Friday, will resolve two class actions that claimed Spotify chose "systemic and willful copyright infringement" rather than following proper procedures to pay so-called mechanical royalties, which go to songwriters and publishers when compositions are recorded or reproduced.
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