Entertainment & Sports
Dec. 4, 2014
Pandora not allowed to lock music publishers into next big licensing deal
A federal judge's ruling unsealed Monday leaves music publishers free to jump in or out of the next blanket licensing deal between BMI and Pandora.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
In a decision that casts further uncertainty onto an already fluid digital music industry, a federal judge has rejected Pandora Music Inc.'s effort lock in major music publishers to the Oakland-based company's next contract with giant licensing clearinghouse Broadcast Music Inc.
In a Nov. 21 decision made public Monday, U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton of New York denied Pandora's motion...
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