Another songwriter has sued streaming music service Spotify — accusing the company of “wholesale copyright infringement” — in an escalation of the ongoing battle over online royalties and licensing. A complaint filed Friday on behalf of Newburyport, Mass.-based artist Melissa Ferrick accused the digital music giant of using her music without properly licensing her work, marking the second …
The lawsuits, each filed by individual artists in a US federal court in Los Angeles, ask a judge to create a class-action suit in which other alleged victims can collectively seek damages. The latest lawsuit was filed Friday by Melissa Ferrick, the Massachusetts-based indie folk singer who teaches at the prestigious Berklee College of Music and rose to prominence as Morrissey’s last-minute …
If Spotify was hoping for a quiet start to 2016 on the legal front, it’s going to be disappointed. Just two weeks after musician David Lowery filed a $150 class action suit against the company, it’s facing another separate class action suit — this time for $200 million. On Friday the Los Angeles law firm Gradstein & Marzano filed a complaint on behalf of the artist Melissa Ferrick, accusing …
US artist Melissa Ferrick is seeking $200 million from the streaming giant. A second songwriter has sued Spotify, accusing the streaming service of copyright infringement. As the Los Angeles Times reports, Massachusetts-based artist Melissa Ferrick is accusing Spotify of uploading her music to the service without properly licensing her work.
Spotify has been slapped with a copyright lawsuit for the second time in two weeks. Massachusetts-based artist Melissa Ferrick claims Spotify failed to notify her and obtain a license when it copied her compositions and made them available on its streaming music service. Ferrick, who filed the suit on Friday in the US District Court in Los Angeles, is seeking class-action status and wants …
Streaming leader Spotify has been hit by a new copyright lawsuit seeking $200 million, in the second such case within weeks. The lawsuits, each filed by individual artists in a US federal court in Los Angeles, ask a judge to create a class-action suit in which other alleged victims can collectively seek damages. The latest lawsuit was filed Friday by Melissa Ferrick, the Massachusetts-based …
Los Angeles (AFP) – Streaming leader Spotify has been hit by a new copyright lawsuit seeking $200 million, in the second such case within weeks. The lawsuits, each filed by individual artists in a US federal court in Los Angeles, ask a judge to create a class-action suit in which other alleged victims can collectively seek damages. The latest lawsuit was filed Friday by Melissa Ferrick, the …
Another songwriter has sued streaming music service Spotify — accusing the company of “wholesale copyright infringement” — in an escalation of the ongoing battle over online royalties and licensing. A complaint filed Friday on behalf of Newburyport, Mass.-based artist Melissa Ferrick accused the digital music giant of using her music without properly licensing her work, marking the second …
The lawsuits, each filed by individual artists in a US federal court in Los Angeles, ask a judge to create a class-action suit in which other alleged victims can collectively seek damages. The latest lawsuit was filed Friday by Melissa Ferrick, the Massachusetts-based indie folk singer who teaches at the prestigious Berklee College of Music and rose to prominence as Morrissey’s last-minute …
If Spotify was hoping for a quiet start to 2016 on the legal front, it’s going to be disappointed. Just two weeks after musician David Lowery filed a $150 class action suit against the company, it’s facing another separate class action suit — this time for $200 million. On Friday the Los Angeles law firm Gradstein & Marzano filed a complaint on behalf of the artist Melissa Ferrick, accusing …