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\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tThis ruling was the first to weigh in on SoundExchange\u2019s standing to collect recorded royalties via lawsuits, and the implications are big. For more than a decade, the organization has regularly used litigation to secure hundreds of millions of dollars <\/a>in royalties from radio broadcasters like SiriusXM and music streamers such as Slacker and Napster.<\/p>\n \n\tAlready, music companies are trying to use Judge Buchwald\u2019s ruling in their favor. Just weeks after the decision came down, Sonos told a court that it will file a motion to dismiss its own pending SoundExchange royalties lawsuit based on the rationale in the SiriusXM case. \u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tFaced with the possibility of losing a key enforcement strategy, SoundExchange is standing firm and using an appeal to go on the offensive. The group wants the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse Judge Buchwald, calling the decision an \u201cerroneous ruling and flawed interpretation\u201d of the Copyright Act in a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cAs Congress surely realized in creating the statutory license, some licensees will seek any available means to avoid paying artists for the full value of their work to maximize profitability,\u201d said SoundExchange in the statement. \u201cFor the statutory license to function properly, SoundExchange fully believes Congress intended that the \u2018enforcement\u2019 power clearly granted in the statute must necessarily include the ability of its administrator to bring litigation claims when digital music services fail to meet their obligations under the law.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cIn the meantime,\u201d continues the statement, \u201cSoundExchange will continue in its mission of securing fair compensation for artists and rights owners and looks forward to arguing its case in court.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tA rep for SiriusXM did not immediately return a request for comment on the appeal.<\/p>\n![\"SiriusXM\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SiriusXM-BLUE-logo-2025-billboard-1800.jpg\"){kind=logo}
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