Pandora asked a federal court to set reasonable fees it...
Pandora asked a federal court to set reasonable fees it should pay to license music from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) for 2011 through 2015. It brought the claim because ASCAP has “flatly refused to offer…
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Pandora” rates for online radio licenses similar to those it gave the Radio Music License Committee, said the complaint filed in U.S. District Court, Manhattan. “This Court and the Second Circuit have made clear that there is no basis for discriminating among licensees offering the same or substantially similar programming based on the manner by which such licensees distribute,” the complaint said. “Yet ASCAP in negotiations sought to charge Pandora … at substantially higher rates.” Rate negotiations between Pandora and ASCAP had been ongoing for more than a year, a spokeswoman for Pandora said. ASCAP representatives didn’t immediately respond to our query.