The MLC rejects Pandora’s bid to use a horse racing ruling against the mechanical royalties lawsuit

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The MLC is pushing back against Pandora’s effort to use a recent horse racing appeals ruling to weaken the collective’s lawsuit over unpaid mechanical royalties. Pandora argues that the ruling supports its constitutional challenge to the MLC’s authority, while the MLC says the case is legally irrelevant and came too late in the proceedings. The dispute centers on whether Pandora Free qualifies as an interactive service under copyright law and therefore owes mechanical royalties on all streams. The case remains pending before Judge Eli J. Richardson in Tennessee, with a ruling on summary judgment still outstanding.

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