July 24, 2026
A nonprofit royalties distribution group said Spotify has "slow-rolled" discovery in a case challenging its new method for calculating artist royalties and asked a Manhattan federal judge to order the streaming giant to produce key documents.
January 29, 2025
A New York federal judge tossed a challenge to Spotify's new method for calculating artist royalties Wednesday, finding that the streaming giant followed the law in "bundling" a premium subscription that gives users access to both music and audiobooks.
May 17, 2024
In a lawsuit against Spotify, the nonprofit the U.S. Copyright Office uses to distribute royalties alleged Thursday that the audio streaming service's new premium subscription package could cause illegal underreporting of royalties and cost songwriters and music publishers "hundreds of millions of dollars."