Pandora Facing January 1 Deadline To Keep Some Songs In Rotation

New Deal Needed By 1/1/14

A rate court ruling YESTERDAY (12/18) brought bad news for webcaster PANDORA, when it "ruled that the Internet radio leader doesn’t have a blanket license that includes the songs of publishers who have withdrawn their digital rights," reports BILLBOARD.

BILLBOARD notes, "the BMI/PANDORA rate court ruling means if PANDORA doesn't cut some kind of deals with publishers like UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING GROUP, BMG and KOBALT -- who all have notified BMI that come JAN. 1st, they intend to withdraw their digital rights -- PANDORA could be in copyright violation if they haven’t pulled those songs by that date."

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