TIDAL has been hit with a $5m class action lawsuit for allegedly failing to register – and pay – mechanical royalties to an artist in the US.
The lawsuit has been filed in the New York Eastern District Court by John Emanuele, who plays in the band American Dollar, as well as Yesh Music Publishing.
It claims that TIDAL failed to serve appropriate Notices Of Intent to obtain a licence to 148 musical recordings on its service from the plaintiffs – drawn from 118 copyrighted compositions.