Surprise! Spotify Says They Don’t Owe Anything for ‘Mechanicals’

If you’re just tuning into this imbroglio, then welcome to the juiciest part. Just this morning, Spotify’s lawyers decided that the ‘mechanical’ publishing license doesn’t pertain to them.  Which means that all of these lawsuits related to mechanical licenses are basically BS (at least from their perspective). That’s right: Spotify is turning the car around. […]