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Spotify started 2018 with another round of legal woes the streaming service was slapped with a major copyright lawsuit by Wixon music publishing claiming Spotify is using tens of thousands of its artists songs without license Wixon is asking for a massive 1.6 billion dollars in damages Wixon and Spotify have some litigation history in a previous class action lawsuit Blixen objected to the proposed 43 million dollar settlement in a court filing on behalf of its clients stating the award amount quote offers them an unfair dollar amount in light of Spotify x' ongoing willful copyright infringement of their works unquote the publisher represents a wide array of artists including Tom Petty Neil Young Stevie Nicks Weezer's Rivers Cuomo and many more in the complaint Wixon suggests over 20% of Spotify song library could be unlicensed if Spotify is found in violation of these licensing agreements it could mean trouble for the company's plan to go public the company did not immediately respond to a request for comment but it could choose to defend itself similarly to previous lawsuits where Spotify claimed streaming doesn't implicate reproduction or distribution under current copyright law should Spotify be cleared of these charges or does Wixon publishing have a case drop your thoughts down in the comments for cnet.com I'm ashley Esqueda be good humans