US copyright law sets damages for willful infringement at up to USD $150,000 per work. At that ceiling, the 60,202 recordings would carry a theoretical maximum of just over $9 billion.
Apollo-managed funds and affiliates have acquired what Apollo describes as a "noncontrolling interest" in a subsidiary of BMG that holds the legacy Concord asset-backed securities, backed by a catalog of over 1 million songs
Eligibility is retroactive to January 1, 2026: artists added to a Fresh Finds playlist from that date onward are invited to join through Spotify for Artists
The bill would amend the Better Online Ticket Sales Act of 2016 – one of the laws the Federal Trade Commission is using to sue Live Nation and Ticketmaster.