Home speaker company Sonos on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Google, alleging that the tech giant took Sonos’ patented technology for its own products, the New York Times reports. According to lawsuit documents obtained by The Verge, Google got access to Sonos’ patented technology through a 2013 partnership and has …
Read More »Why Do We Still Pay Only $10 a Month for Music?
Of the litany of things you can buy for $10 — a sandwich, a box of pens, and a print magazine among them — unlimited access to a catalog of 50 million songs is one of the most bang-for-your-buck options out there. But that’s how much music-streaming subscriptions have cost …
Read More »Deezer Launches Initiative for 'User-Centric' Approach to Distribute Royalties
Deezer, a Paris, France-based music streaming service, has launched a new initiative to illustrate how it hopes to pay artists in the near future. The company asserts its “user-centric payment system” (UCPS) “would make the industry fairer for artists all over the world,” according to a statement. To inform users …
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