George Lopez is suing Pandora in a royalties dispute
To bolster his case, Lopez’s suit points to Pandora’s SEC 10K public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission from 2011 to 2017. In those filings, Pandora noted as a “risk factor” its failure to obtain licenses for spoken-word comedy compositions, leaving it “subject to significant liability for copyright infringement.
Just three months later, Pandora announced it would be adding comedy recordings to its service and that those stations would include audio ads, “thereby generating additional advertising revenue for the company while excluding comedians like Mr. Lopez and many others from their hard earned royalties and licensing fees,” the suit continues. “Pandora found a cash cow in a new revenue stream, and in a brazen business decision determined that the risk was worth the gain—that is until now.
Lopez is requesting actual damages along with Pandora’s profits relating to its exploitation of his works; or, in the alternative, statutory damages totaling $5.5 million . He also wants “a running royalty and/or ownership share” in all future exploitations by Pandora of his works or, alternatively, an injunction permanently enjoining the company from further acts of infringement.
lodged by several other comedians and comedians’ estates. In that response, among other claims, the company accused Word Collections – a group formed specifically to request royalties from streaming services for comedians’ spoken-word compositions – of violating federal antitrust laws by forming a “monopolistic portfolio” of comedy rights and orchestrating lawsuits against Pandora in an effort to “dramatically” increase the prices streaming services pay for those rights.
In a statement, Busch – who is also representing other comedians in their suits against Pandora – told, “We are honored to be representing Mr. Lopez and all of our other legendary comedian clients who have individually stepped forward to protect their own very valuable intellectual property.”
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