Music Publishers Sue XM

XM Radio now has another headache. In addition to getting skeptical federal regulators to sign off on their merger with Sirius, the satellite radio operator was sued yesterday by a group of music publishers. The National Music Publishers’ Association announced the lawsuit yesterday, accusing XM Radio of not compensating songwriters and publishers for music recorded by its subscribers.

There isn’t a day that passes without a new story about the RIAA and music publishers. The ironic thing is that these stories never have any good news inside of them. Music sales are going down… coincidence? As if the FCC wasn’t enough of a problem for XM… things are just not getting any better.

Source: Ars Technica