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Why Spotify Removed So Many Comedy Albums

Plagiarism Today

Note: This will be an extremely brief overview of music licensing, for more details, check out this 2017 article on the topic. However, the most important thing to remember is that, for every song you stream on Spotify or Pandora, there are two separate copyrights at play: The composition and the recording.

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A Seismic Ruling Undone: California’s Sound Recording Copyright Statute Does Not Include Public Performance Rights—Flo & Eddie v. Sirius XM (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

In March 2017, in a separate case filed by Flo & Eddie against Pandora, the Ninth Circuit certified the issue of California law to the California Supreme Court. The case against Pandora reached the Ninth Circuit first because Pandora raised the issue in a motion to strike under California’s anti-SLAPP law. 3d 14 (2d Cir.