XM Satellite Radio announced today that it has reached a settlement with EMI Music over the Pioneer Inno, which features the caopability to record up to 50 hours of XM programming. The suit, filed in mid-2006, alleged that the Inno’s recording feature amounted to “wholesale infringement” of the music label’s copyrights, since XM didn’t have a distribution agreement with the labels.
The settlement with EMI means XM has reached agreements with all four major music labels over the Inno: last February is settled with Sony BMG, and in December 2007 it reached agreements with Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group.
