Overview

• Filed on August 1 in Manhattan federal court, the suit names Napster, its parent Rhapsody International and owner Infinite Reality.
• It seeks $9.2 million in unpaid licensing fees and up to $37.5 million in statutory damages for alleged willful copyright infringement.
• Sony alleges Napster defaulted on all four installments of a payment plan arranged after Infinite Reality’s $207 million purchase in March.
• After issuing a breach notice in May and terminating the deal in June, Sony says Napster has continued to stream its recordings without permission.
• Napster is also facing lawsuits from SoundExchange and Sonos over $3.4 million in late royalties and has been accused by at least six labels of similar payment delays.