LOS ANGELES (AP) — The music industry’s largest record companies are suing SiriusXM Radio for royalties it says the satellite radio company didn’t pay for recordings from before 1972.
Capitol Records, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group Recordings Inc. and Warner Music Group Corp., as well as ABKCO Music & Records Inc., an independent company that manages music rights for such acts as the Rolling Stones and The Animals, filed the lawsuit against Sirius XM Radio Inc. on Wednesday. It seeks unspecified damages and a judgment about the rights involved in pre-1972 recordings.
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