Spotify had 44.4m US subscribers in February, Apple Music had 32.6m, according to NMPA

In February, in the United States, Spotify counted 44.4 million paying subscribers. This figure was revealed at the annual meeting of the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) in New York last month by NMPA CEO and President, David Israelite. Israelite explained at the June 14 event that, for the first time, the NMPA was able to determine the number of subscribers each platform achieved in the States.

Source: Spotify had 44.4m US subscribers in February, Apple Music had 32.6m, according to new data

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SCOTUS: No Statute of Limitation on Copyright Damages

By Paul Sweeting

The Copyright Act of 1976 stipulates that a plaintiff must file an infringement suit “within three years after the claim accrued.” For many years, courts have disagreed over when that three-year clock actually starts ticking. Some courts, including some Circuit Courts of Appeal, have held it starts running when the alleged infringement occurred and that suits filed three or more years after that time are not valid. Other courts have held that the statute of limitations only start running when the plaintiff discovers, or reasonably could have discovered, the infringement, even if it occurred more than three years prior — an interpretation known as the “discovery rule.” The U.S. Supreme Court has never decided the issue, and so the “split in the circuits” has continued, to the frustration of plaintiffs and defendants alike.... Read More >>

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