Mechanical Licensing Collective v. Spotify Rematch Moves Forward With Overhauled Arguments — Judge Says the MLC ‘States Multiple Plausible Claims’

By Dylan Smith, Digital Music News | Can the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) successfully challenge Spotify’s bundling craze with an updated line of arguments? We’re about to find out, as a federal judge has revived the previously dismissed lawsuit. That noteworthy development arrives about eight months after the same court tossed the action with prejudice. February then saw the MLC ask the presiding judge to reconsider; unsurprisingly, Spotify fired back against the request.

Several filings, twists, and turns later, a rematch is officially on the way in the high-stakes royalties dispute.

In brief, “the claims MLC proposes to include in its amended pleading against Spotify are neither futile, delayed, dilatory, made in bad faith, nor unduly prejudicial,” Judge Analisa Torres spelled out when granting the amended complaint motion.

Perhaps just as noteworthy as the approval itself, the judge determined that the MLC’s proposed amended complaint – the fresh filing is due by October 2nd – “states multiple plausible claims.”
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