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A resounding victory for older performers - jazzboCR - 27-06-2015
SiriusXM has settled a lawsuit and will now pay performers for pre-'72 recordings. They always paid songwriting royalties, natch, but now the artists (or their estates) will get paid too. Here's an article on it: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/27/business/sirius-xm-settles-royalty-dispute-over-old-recordings.html?ref=topics