It started a couple years ago when basically everyone started suing Sirius XM and Pandora for playing pre-1972 music without getting a separate license to do so. Once again, the reasoning here is a ...

In 1972, rock music was all the rage. These are three classic rock albums from 1972 that hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

Internet radio company Pandora has agreed to pay the major US record labels $90 million over streaming of pre-1972 songs, which aren’t covered under federal copyright but are covered by state-level ...

Lawmakers in Congress will have more to consider during the next music licensing hearings. Lawsuits related to pre-1972 music copyrights have been filed on both coasts. ABS Entertainment has filed ...

A deal announced by the RIAA on Friday provides resolution to one of the key battles in a legally contentious area. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large The Recording Industry Association of ...

The satellite radio giant is facing a nightmare lawsuit over its performance of older songs. By Eriq Gardner A huge lawsuit against SiriusXM over its performance of pre-1972 sound recordings is ...

Each week on Songwriter U, Songspace recaps the top stories in the world of music business. Here’s everything you need to know from the week ending on January 23rd. Independent musician Zoë Keating ...

SiriusXM could be on the verge of fending off the first major challenge in an ongoing lawsuit brought by major record labels over its royalty-free broadcasting of pre-1972 music. By Austin ...

Great albums are recorded and released every year, but I can make a very strong argument that 1972 saw more truly great albums released than any year before or since. To be more precise, I can make ...

Streaming music services like Apple's Beats Music, Google Play, Rdio and others are targets of a new volley of lawsuits claiming unpaid royalties on certain pre-1972 songs, potentially ending access ...

Members of 1960s rock band The Turtles have lost a major legal battle in their quest to collect copyright royalties from their old hit songs. The Florida Supreme Court held today (PDF) that the state ...

Songwriter-producer Michele Vice-Maslin makes her case for why Congress needs to take action to change the way artists like Simon & Garfunkel are paid for songs created before 1972. By Michele ...