SiriusXM sued by labels for failure to pay royalties on pre-1972 tracks
Satellite radio company SiriusXM was sued yesterday (September 11) by Capitol Records, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group Recordings and ABKCO for failure to pay royalties on pre-1972 recordings played on the platform.
CNet reports that the aforementioned lawsuit seeks unspecified damages and is the third filed against Sirius XM in recent weeks - others were brought by SoundExchange (in relation to unpaid artist royalty payments from 2007 to 2011) and sixties band The Turtles.
Speaking on the issues, artist ...
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