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Pandora Responds to Comedians’ Copyright Claims

Pandora has hit back at the lawsuit filed against it by a number of comedians over allegations that the streaming firm has not properly licensed all the rights in the comedy recordings that it has long made available.

A number of comedy performers – as well of the estates of George Carlin and Robin Williams – are involved in the litigation, arguing that while Pandora licenses the recording rights in the comedy performances it streams, it has never licensed the separate rights in the comedy material being performed. All the various lawsuits were grouped together in March.

In music, of course, streaming services secure two sets of licences for each track streamed. They license the recording rights from the record industry, and then secure licences for the separate song rights from music publishers and song right collecting societies.

Read the source article at Complete Music Update

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