Arthur and Barbara Sheridan, an Illinois couple who owned several doo-wop, jazz and R&B recording companies in the 1950s and 1960s, have filed two putative federal class actions in New Jersey against Internet and satellite radio providers iHeartMedia Inc., Sirius XM Radio Inc. and Pandora Media Inc., over allegedly unpaid royalties and unauthorized use of pre-1972 recordings.
The fight over royalties for music recorded before Feb. 15, 1972, which are not mandated under the federal Copyright Act of 1976, has made national headlines recently: In June, Sirius XM agreed to pay $210 million to several major record labels to settle a dispute over pre-1972 royalties and media reports said Pandora is preparing to settle with major labels over the same issue for $90 million.
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