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03-17-2016, 02:36 AM
New system could save streaming music services a ton of lawsuits
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A new online system could save streaming services a few headaches — and perhaps a few lawsuits — by giving music publishers direct involvement in the often messy process of mechanical licensing.
Back in December, Spotify was hit with a $150 million class-action lawsuit (http://mashable.com/2015/12/29/spotify-sued-for-150-million-over-allegations-of-copyright-infringement-in-suit/#CD0L63lPWkqG?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) from a group of artists — led by musician David Lowery — who said that the streaming giant failed to obtain licenses for its music in a "continuous and ongoing campaign of deliberate copyright infringement."*
At the time, Spotify said it wasn't at all deliberate, but rather a result of poor data, saying in a statement that "the data necessary to confirm the appropriate rightsholders is often missing, wrong, or incomplete."* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/16/new-service-could-prevent-streaming-lawsuits/)
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A new online system could save streaming services a few headaches — and perhaps a few lawsuits — by giving music publishers direct involvement in the often messy process of mechanical licensing.
Back in December, Spotify was hit with a $150 million class-action lawsuit (http://mashable.com/2015/12/29/spotify-sued-for-150-million-over-allegations-of-copyright-infringement-in-suit/#CD0L63lPWkqG?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) from a group of artists — led by musician David Lowery — who said that the streaming giant failed to obtain licenses for its music in a "continuous and ongoing campaign of deliberate copyright infringement."*
At the time, Spotify said it wasn't at all deliberate, but rather a result of poor data, saying in a statement that "the data necessary to confirm the appropriate rightsholders is often missing, wrong, or incomplete."* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/16/new-service-could-prevent-streaming-lawsuits/)
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