Spotify is currently still working out the last legs of its ongoing class action lawsuit, but now they’re set to juggle another from Wixen Music Publishing. The publisher alleges that Spotify “failed to pay songwriter royalties to a publishing company approximately 21 percent of the time.”
The suit continues, alleging that the streaming giant failed to get the proper mechanical licences to “to reproduce and/or distribute musical compositions on its service.” And for that, the publisher is seeking $1.6 billion in damages – or approximately $150,000 per composition. In addition, Wixen Music Publishing is also seeking attorneys’ fees and costs and injunctive relief.
Wixen Music Publishing currently represent the catalogs of Journey, Missy Elliott, Rage Against The Machine, Weezer, and over 2000 more artists.
H/T: Gizmodo
This article was first published on Your EDM.
Source: Wixen Music Publishing Files $1.6 Billion Lawsuit Against Spotify
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