XM Radio Settles with EMI Music

By Geoff Duncan Published June 10, 2008

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.

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XM Satellite Radio maintained that the capability to record broadcasts had well-established legal precedents, and it did not need a distribution agreement with the labels. XM competitor Sirius Satellite Radio had signed a distribution agreement with record labels, as had other digital streaming music providers like Rhapsody.

Terms of XM’s settlement with EMI were not disclosed. The original suit sought $150,000 for every song copied by XM customers to an Inno device.

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