Peloton Music Lawsuit
Peloton is being sued by music publishers for allegedly using music from their artists in the company s video streaming platform without permission.
Peloton music lawsuit. Peloton then filed a counter claim in april 2019 against the nmpa alleging that the trade body coordinated to. Peloton which got close to generating 1 billion dollars in the 12 months to end of june 2019 was sued by music publishers last march for the alleged infringement of over 1 000 musical works. The copyright lawsuit originally for 150 million was later raised to 370m. Additionally peloton s head of music paul degooyer said in a statement announcing the settlement that music is an important part of the peloton experience and we are very proud to have.
The nmpa had sought 150 million in damages from the company. Peloton settles music licensing lawsuit over its exercise videos. Peloton interactive inc has settled a lawsuit in which a music publishing trade group and 14 of its members accused the maker of stationary bicycles of streaming more than 2 400 songs without. We caught up with peloton head of music paul degooyer to talk all things music related for the brand.
Music publishers who sued peloton for copyright infringement in march are now doubling their demand for damages to 300 million claiming they ve discovered another 1 200 songs that the high. The changes in music selections resulted from a lawsuit peloton faced last month when the company was sued by members of the national music publishers association nmpa for failing to obtain a. Peloton founder and ceo john foley on monday responded to the lawsuit filed against the company by a group of nine music publishers all members of the national music publishers association nmpa.