In this case, Pandora claims that Flo and Eddie’s copyright claims are baseless, and could intimidate everyone from radio stations to restaurants from playing popular oldies.

Pandora Media Inc. will now pay to play the oldies. After more than a year of legal wrangling, the Internet radio giant has agreed to a $90 million settlement with record labels for its use of ...

Pandora has been swept up into another legal spat, this one over the golden oldies — music made before 1972, with record companies accusing the Internet radio service of state copyright ...

The RIAA said Pandora does not pay proper royalties for songs recorded before 1972. In what the trade group described as a “quirk of history,” federal copyright laws do not cover sound ...

Pandora streams songs randomly according to artists or genres like "Motown" or "`60s Oldies." The labels also sued satellite radio company Sirius XM Holdings Inc. last year in a similar case.

Pandora stopped paying royalties on music more than 43 years old, and the labels sued last year. Shares were down 33% on Friday, falling to their lowest point in two years.

Pandora plays songs according to user-preferred categories like “Motown” or “60s Oldies.” The company said it was confident in its legal position. [NYT] ...

Pandora would pay $60 million for the use of recordings through 2015, and another $30 million to cover through 2016. The company’s board is expected to approve the deal at an Oct. 20 meeting ...

Pandora streams songs randomly according to artists or genres like "Motown" or "'60s Oldies." The labels also sued satellite radio company Sirius XM Holdings Inc. last year in a similar case.

Music streaming site Pandora will pay $125 million to settle a lawsuit with five record labels who accused the service of cheating them out of royalties on pre-1972 recordings.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Several major U.S. music companies sued Pandora Media Inc on Thursday, accusing the online streaming service of cheating them out of royalties by playing thousands of pre-1972 ...