It started a couple years ago when basically everyone started suing Sirius XM and Pandora for playing pre-1972 music without getting a separate license to do so. Once again, the reasoning here is a ...

Internet radio company Pandora has agreed to pay the major US record labels $90 million over streaming of pre-1972 songs, which aren’t covered under federal copyright but are covered by state-level ...

Lawmakers in Congress will have more to consider during the next music licensing hearings. Lawsuits related to pre-1972 music copyrights have been filed on both coasts. ABS Entertainment has filed ...

A deal announced by the RIAA on Friday provides resolution to one of the key battles in a legally contentious area. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large The Recording Industry Association of ...

Each week on Songwriter U, Songspace recaps the top stories in the world of music business. Here’s everything you need to know from the week ending on January 23rd. Independent musician Zoë Keating ...

SiriusXM could be on the verge of fending off the first major challenge in an ongoing lawsuit brought by major record labels over its royalty-free broadcasting of pre-1972 music. By Austin ...

Pandora has agreed to a $90 million settlement with leading record labels for the use of sound recordings created before 1972. By Eriq Gardner The Recording Industry Association of America has ...

A legal battle that lasted for nearly a decade is finally over. Way back in 2015, Pandora agreed to pay millions in back royalties to record labels for songs recorded before Feb. 15, 1972, when the ...

Pandora reached a financial settlement this week with some major record labels that will allow the Internet radio service to use their pre-1972 recordings. The $90 million agreement, reached with ...

The issue of whether copyrights to older sound recordings like ones owned by The Turtles protect against unauthorized public performance is now headed to a high-stakes showdown at the 2nd Circuit. By ...

Members of 1960s rock band The Turtles have lost a major legal battle in their quest to collect copyright royalties from their old hit songs. The Florida Supreme Court held today (PDF) that the state ...

Last month, the band shared a short clip of them recording music at London’s RAK Studios, set to what could be a new song. At one point in the clip the numbers “1972” flash up on screen. They followed ...