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Spotify being sued again over unpaid royalties

article published on 2 January, 2016

Cracker frontman David Lowery has filed a class action lawsuit against Spotify seeking, at least, $150 million in damages over unpaid royalties. The artist claims that the streaming service "knowingly, willingly, and unlawfully reproduces and distributes copyrighted compositions without obtaining mechanical licenses." In the complaint, it is alleged that Spotify has unlawfully distributed ... [ read the full article ]

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hearme0
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_ 		4. January 2016 @ 22:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Intelligible answer!

I was gonna rip Spotify a new one thinking that GENERALLY American biz is first to be mistrusted but the answer provided by Spotify was right on and firmly acceptable and frankly...reasonable as reasonable gets.

Cracker better get some proof!
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Bozobub
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_ 		5. January 2016 @ 13:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Possibly, but Spotify's response is actually rather weak. Why? Because it sounds exactly like the excuses record companies use to bilk musicians out of their fair share of the profits.
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