Spotify hit with $1.6 billion copyright lawsuit
Spotify
(Reuters) - Music streaming company Spotify was sued by Wixen Music Publishing Inc last week for allegedly using thousands of songs  including those of Tom Petty  Neil Young and the Doors  without a license and compensation to the music publisher.
 Spotify  failed to get a direct or a compulsory license from Wixen that would allow  it  to reproduce and distribute the songs  Wixen said in the lawsuit  filed in a California federal court.
Wixen also alleged that  Spotify  outsourced its work to a third party  licensing and royalty services provider the Harry Fox Agency  which was “ill-equipped to obtain all the necessary mechanical licenses”.
 Spotify  declined to comment.
Spotify  which is planning a stock market listing this year  has grown around 20 percent in value to at least $19 billion in the past few months.
(Reuters) - Music streaming company [TGT] was sued by Wixen Music Publishing Inc last week for allegedly using thousands of songs  including those of Tom Petty  Neil Young and the Doors  without a license and compensation to the music publisher.
 [TGT]failed to get a direct or a compulsory license from Wixen that would allow  [TGT]  to reproduce and distribute the songs  Wixen said in the lawsuit  filed in a California federal court.
Wixen also alleged that  [TGT]outsourced its work to a third party  licensing and royalty services provider the Harry Fox Agency  which was “ill-equipped to obtain all the necessary mechanical licenses”.
 [TGT]declined to comment.
[TGT]which is planning a stock market listing this year  has grown around 20 percent in value to at least $19 billion in the past few months.