Clubbing brand Ministry of Sound are to sue Spotify for refusing to delete member playlists that bear similarities to their compilations.
MoS have claimed that the refusal to delete playlists amounts to a breach of copyright, with some of them even including the words Ministry of Sound. The brand - credited as the first superclub of its kind and an institution in modern dance music - have began their high court proceedings, to instigate a take down of the playlists, plus damages and costs incurred. But it all hangs on whether curating a compilation in the first place constitutes intellectual property.
"It's been incredibly frustrating: we think it's been very clear what we're arguing, but there has been a brick wall from Spotify," MOS chief executive Lohan Presencer told The Guardian. "What we do is a lot more than putting playlists together: a lot of research goes into creating our compilation albums, and the intellectual property involved in that. It's not appropriate for someone to just cut and paste them."
Source: The Guardian