Amazon, Google, Microsoft also previously sued
The settlement marks the end of a series of lawsuits against Apple, Amazon, Google and Microsoft for allegedly selling "bootleg" digital versions of those and other songs written by Harold Arlen, Harry Warren and Ray Henderson. Beginning in 2019, the heirs accused the tech companies of selling pirated recordings of dozens of songs. The lawsuits said the companies offered song downloads from entities that were "simply duplicating previously released recordings and selling them as if they were the rightful owner" for lower prices than authorized versions.in March that Apple did not infringe the heirs' copyrights willfully, but may be liable for making the recordings available on the iTunes Store.
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