Napster and Sonos Sued for Millions in Unpaid Music Royalties * TorrentFreak
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Napster, the brand synonymous with the music piracy boom of the early 2000s, now finds itself facing a new copyright challenge.

Napster, the brand synonymous with the music piracy boom of the early 2000s, has a new copyright challenge. Together with audio giant Sonos, Napster faces a lawsuit demanding over $3.4 million in alleged unpaid copyright royalties. Filed by SoundExchange, the complaint centers on missed payments related to the “Sonos Radio” service, which until 2023 was powered by Napster’s music catalog.

  • Grass@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    26·
    2 days ago

    what kind of parallel timeline shit is this? napster having any sort of presence at all until 2023? are you for real?

    • nocturne@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      8·
      2 days ago

      I canceled Spotify and moved to Napster a few years ago because supposedly Napster pays artists better, but their apps were such shit. And there would be random songs missing from an album, or an album would only have a single song. A lot of newer stuff was unavailable, as were small artists. I ended up cancelling with Napster.

      • johnwicksdog@aussie.zoneEnglish
        2·
        6 hours ago

        I did the same but joined Tidal for the same reason. Their app isn’t terrible—could do with more features but it’s been robust in my experience.

        • nocturne@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          1·
          6 hours ago

          I am using tidal now. I like it. But I hate that it loses my place in my playlist quite often. I also dislike that it is difficult to remove a song from a playlist, as you cannot remove it from the song while it is playing, you have to go to the playlist to remove it.

    • drspawndisaster@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      While Napster did get decked hard a long while ago, it’s still a well known cultural icon, so some company was inevitably going to buy the rights to its branding/trademarks after it ate dirt to attract attention to whatever product they decide to slap it on.

      The same thing kinda happened to Atari. That company got burned to a crisp by Nintendo and Sega after the 2600, but some nobodies bought it and things keep having the Atari logo even today because it was a well known brand. It sucked ass and failed… but we remember it.