In $43 Million Settlement, Spotify Forced To Confront A Persistent Problem
The streaming service settled a class action lawsuit filed by songwriters who accused Spotify of using their work without a license.
Spotify has agreed to put $43.45 million on the table (and an additional $5 million for attorneys' fees) in order to settle a class action suit brought against it by songwriters who accused the company of not licensing or paying them for use of their music.
"This is the first time that songwriters, not one of the industry organizations, have successfully mounted a sort of corrective measure against the streaming services over this unlicensed use of their work," says David Lowery, a songwriter and artist advocate who brought the first of two lawsuits against Spotify
