Spotify sued over user playlists, said to infringe copyright
Found on Ars Technica on Wednesday, 04 September 2013
British dance music label Ministry of Sound (MoS) has filed a lawsuit against Spotify. MoS claims that by hosting playlists that mimic tracklists on its collections, Spotify has violated UK copyright law.
The company is now arguing that its actual track listings are creative works worthy of copyright protection. It's an extraordinary claim, not too different from claiming a copyright over something like a simple list of one's own favorite songs.
Stupidity just reached another level. Every DJ in the world suddenly would have a giant collection of copyrighted lists.