Spotify hit with $1.6B copyright lawsuit

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Post by uptown » Tue, Jan 02, 2018, 9:58 PM UTC

Spotify hit with $1.6B copyright lawsuit
reuters.com

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Post by sp332 » Tue, Jan 02, 2018, 10:08 PM UTC

At the bottom of the article is says "SPONSORED". But I can't find who sponsored it?

Edit: Ok thanks for the screenshots. I disabled my adblocker but they're still not showing up. Probably just something broken.

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Post by KasianFranks » Tue, Jan 02, 2018, 10:09 PM UTC

Almost as big as SeeqPods multi-billion dollar copyright suit (which we got kicked out of court) https://www.beet.tv/2009/02/seeqpod-gets-hit-with-multibilli...

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Post by abluecloud » Tue, Jan 02, 2018, 10:10 PM UTC

sp332 wrote: post #2

At the bottom of the article is says "SPONSORED". But I can't find who sponsored it? Edit: Ok thanks for the screenshots. I disabled my adblocker but they're still not showing up. Probably just something broken.

Disable your ad block and you'll see adverts underneath it. https://imgur.com/a/zbvTh

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Post by thesagan » Tue, Jan 02, 2018, 10:10 PM UTC

sp332 wrote: post #2

At the bottom of the article is says "SPONSORED". But I can't find who sponsored it? Edit: Ok thanks for the screenshots. I disabled my adblocker but they're still not showing up. Probably just something broken.

Turn off your adblock and reload the page and you'll see it on the right-hand side.

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Post by uptown » Tue, Jan 02, 2018, 10:10 PM UTC

sp332 wrote: post #2

At the bottom of the article is says "SPONSORED". But I can't find who sponsored it? Edit: Ok thanks for the screenshots. I disabled my adblocker but they're still not showing up. Probably just something broken.

Your adblocker is probably removing sponsored posts. It's unrelated to this article.

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Post by connorelsea » Tue, Jan 02, 2018, 10:10 PM UTC

sp332 wrote: post #2

At the bottom of the article is says "SPONSORED". But I can't find who sponsored it? Edit: Ok thanks for the screenshots. I disabled my adblocker but they're still not showing up. Probably just something broken.

With my adblocker on I see the same thing, with it off, that label is moved to a right-hand column as a header for sidebar ads

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Post by alehul » Tue, Jan 02, 2018, 10:11 PM UTC

> In May, the Stockholm, Sweden-based company agreed to pay more than $43 million to settle a proposed class action alleging it failed to pay royalties for some of the songs it makes available to users.

This number seems closer to reality. It may be Tom Petty, Neil Young, and the Doors, but they're not worth nearly 10% of Spotify's valuation, and that certainly wouldn't match a compensatory amount in revenue that Spotify failed to pay.

Are they aiming for some punitive measure? Or are they going to settle for 5% of this in the near future?

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Post by likpok » Tue, Jan 02, 2018, 10:11 PM UTC

sp332 wrote: post #2

At the bottom of the article is says "SPONSORED". But I can't find who sponsored it? Edit: Ok thanks for the screenshots. I disabled my adblocker but they're still not showing up. Probably just something broken.

Those are sponsored links a la Taboola. If you reload without a content blocker you'll see them.

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jan 02, 2018, 10:11 PM UTC

sp332 wrote: post #2

At the bottom of the article is says "SPONSORED". But I can't find who sponsored it? Edit: Ok thanks for the screenshots. I disabled my adblocker but they're still not showing up. Probably just something broken.

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