Broadcast Music Inc. v. Pandora Media Inc.
Published: Jul. 18, 2015 | Result Date: May 28, 2015 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |Case number: 1:13-cv-04037-LLS Verdict – Equitable Settlement
Court
SD New York
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Linda Dakin-Grimm
(Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP)
Scott A. Edelman
(Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP)
Defendant
Joseph R. Wetzel Jr.
(Latham & Watkins LLP)
Kenneth L. Steinthal
(King & Spalding LLP)
Facts
Broadcast Music Inc. filed a complaint against Pandora Media Inc., seeking a determination of reasonable license fees for music that Pandora streams on their site under a prior consent decree, in which jurisdiction is in the New York district court.
Contentions
PLAINTIFF'S CONTENTIONS:
Plaintiff sought the right to collect increased royalties from Pandora for streaming BMI-licensed music.
DEFENDANT'S CONTENTIONS:
Defendant contended that plaintiff's efforts to "cherry-pick" rates were unreasonable.
Result
The court ruled in favor of BMI and granted them the right to collect 2.5 percent of Pandora's gross revenue, up from the previous rate of 1.75 percent. The court also set the license period to end in 2016.
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