Spotify Sued Over Royalties, Earth Wind & Fire Trademark, Graceland Foreclosure & More Law News

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Spotify lawsuit, Earth Wind & Fire trademark, Graceland case and more music law news in the music biz also involving Kanye West and The Plimsouls.

In this photo illustration a mobile phone screen displaying Spotify logo with a headset in front of it, in Ankara, Turkiye on May 01, 2024.This is The Legal Beat, a weekly newsletter about music law from Billboard Pro, offering you a one-stop cheat sheet of big new cases, important rulings and all the fun stuff in between.

In a lawsuit filed last week, the Mechanical Licensing Collective claimed Spotify had “unilaterally and unlawfully” chosen to cut its royalty payments nearly in half by “erroneously recharacterizing” the nature of its streaming services to secure a lower rate. At issue in the lawsuit is Spotify’s recent addition of audiobooks to its premium subscription service. The streamer believes that because of the new offering, it’s now entitled to pay a discounted “bundled” royalty rate under federal law. But the MLC says Spotify’s interpretation is legally incorrect and represents a “clear breach” of its requirements under the law.

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