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The copy-right infringement issues plaguing Spotify may have reached their
apex in a new billion-dollar lawsuit.
Spotify的侵权问题在最近因为上亿美元的诉讼案件，事情会炒得越来越大。
Wixen Music Publishing, the publishing company responsible for the songs of
Tom Petty, the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo, Stevie
Nicks and countless more notable musicians, is alleging that Spotify is using
tens of thousands of songs without proper license or compensation.
一间名为Wixen的音乐推广公司(旗下有Tom Petty，The Black Keys的主唱Dan Auerbach，Weezer乐团主唱Rivers Cuomo，Stevie Nicks以及无数的有名音乐家)宣称Spotify在没有经过同意，以及金钱提供下使用他们成千上万的歌。
In Wixen’s lawsuit, provided here by The Hollywood Reporter’s Eriq Gardner,
they claim that compositions by their artists have been streamed or
downloaded on Spotify billions of times. Considering that they own tracks
like Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin’” and The Doors’ “Light My Fire,” it’s
probably true.
在Wixen的案件中，他们认为他们歌手的创作被Spotify拿来串流并且下载好几亿遍。以这公司拥有Tom Petty的"Free Falling"还有 The Doors的"Light My Fire"的情况来看，这可能是真的。
The company claims to be the “exclusive licensee of the copyrights”
pertaining to approximately 10,784 compositions currently on Spotify:
Wixen宣称他们在Spotify上面约10784首歌中，他们是拥有独家的财产权的。以下是公司声明。
Wixen has the exclusive right to conduct all administration activities with
respect to these musical compositions, including registering them with
performing rights organizations, filing copyright applications with the
United States Copyright Office, negotiating and issuing licenses (including
mechanical license), collecting royalties, and filing lawsuits for copyright
infringement.
Wixen公司拥有能够对于音乐家财产权做所有的更动，包含把这些创作给予有买权的组织、跟美国著作权局提出申请、跟权利问题做协商(包含任何结构上的问题)、以及对权利等问题提出诉讼。
Wixen says that although Spotify did obtain the rights for sound recordings
via record labels to many of these songs, that’s only half the battle. The
company alleges that Spotify took a major shortcut by not obtaining the
equivalent rights for the actual compositions. “As a result, Spotify has
built a billion dollar business on the backs of songwriters and publishers
whose music Spotify is using, in many cases without obtaining and paying for
the necessary licenses,” they claim.
Wixen说虽然Spotify有借由唱片公司拿到歌曲的权利，但这只是一半而已。公司说Spotify没有拿到歌曲的创作构想权，而这是偷鸡摸狗的手段。“在这情况下，导致Spotify在没有给予音乐创作人钱以及必要的许可的情况下赚进大把大把的钞票。”
The lawsuit goes on to say that it’s typically labels that get revenue from
a sound recording license, whereas songwriters and publishers get revenue
from the license of a song’s composition.
这段诉讼表示，通常来说，唱片公司借由歌曲声音等许可证来得到钱，
而创作家以及发行商借由歌曲创作的许可证来得到钱。
The lawsuit was filed on December 29 ahead of a copyright law amendment that
applies to digital music providers.
这个官司在去年12/29号智慧财产权法修订有关数位音乐发行商的法条的前提出来。
This is definitely not the first time Spotify has been in hot water over
copyright infringements. In May the company arranged a $43-million-dollar
settlement over a class action lawsuit brought by a group of songwriters led
by Melissa Ferrick and Cracker/Camper Van Beethoven’s David Lowery. The
plaintiffs had claimed that Spotify hadn’t coughed up the adequate cash for
licenses to their songs’ compositions. A judge has yet to rule on the
settlement.
这绝不是Spotify第一次被提告智慧财产权的事情。在去年五月时Spotify花了4千3百万来解决一群由Melissa Ferrick以及Cracker/Camper Van Beethoven的 David Lowery创作者提出的诉讼。原告声明Spotify在创作上给的钱不够多。法官还没对该和解做出声明。
In July, two more lawsuits hit Spotify, both aimed at the same issue of
composition-related copyright infringement. One of the lawsuits, brought by
Bluewater Music Services Corporation, called Spotify’s settlement in May too
little too late. “Such a settlement is essentially an empty gesture that
encourages infringement and is entirely insufficient to remedy years of
illegal activity,” it said.
去年七月时，Spotify也遇到两个一样跟创作有关的智慧财产权的官司。其中一件是由Bluewater音乐公司提出。他们说Spotify在五月的和解来的太晚了。“这样的手段有跟没有一样，根本是在鼓励侵权，而且对多年来财产的侵犯根本于事无补。”