Pandora faces copyright lawsuit for displaying song lyrics

guest · Jun 18, 2019

Pandora faces copyright lawsuit for displaying song lyrics
Be careful when you go posting those lyrics
June 18, 2019
https://www.techspot.com/news/80569-pandora-faces-copyright-lawsuit-displaying-song-lyrics.html

In context: It is not enough to pay for the rights to broadcast a song. If you want to display that song's lyrics you must pay a separate licensing fee. Pandora thought it had its bases covered in that respect and has been showing lyrics of over ten years, but litigious music publisher Wixen begs to differ.

Wixen Music Publishing has filed a copyright lawsuit against Pandora, not for playing songs without a license, but rather for displaying their lyrics without one.
It claims that the streaming radio service “knowingly used lyrics without any valid license or authorization.”
The publisher is asking the courts for $150,000 per song in damages [...]

It is unclear if Pandora’s partnerships include licensing with Wixen, but it doesn’t seem likely. "We thought we had a license" is a poor defense, so it will probably have to fork over a settlement of some kind to avoid losing in court.
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