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# Merlin Pulls Content Off German Music Streamer Simfy, Threatens Legal Action
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/merlin-pulls-content-off-german-music-streamer-simfy-threatens-legal-action/
- Published: 2013-10-02T07:42:06.000Z
- Updated: 2013-10-02T07:42:06.000Z
- Description: Merlin is pulling member tracks from German streaming service Simfy. The massive independent music licensor took action after new management at Simfy failed to report royalties over the summer months. Most. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/10/merlin-pulls-content-off-german-mus
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Indie Music, Music Business, Startups & Funding, Streaming, Beggars Group, Charles Caldas, Merlin, Merlin Network, MySpace, One Little Indian Records, Simfy, YouTube, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:43

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Merlin is pulling member tracks from German streaming service Simfy. The massive independent music licensor took action after new management at Simfy failed to report royalties over the summer months. Most money due has now been received, but a series of contentious exchanges with Simfy led Merlin chief Charles Caldas to pull the plug six months prior to their deal expiring.

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"We have recently tried to engage the service's new  
management in a discussion about the equity interest Merlin was granted in the  
company," Caldas wrote in an email to Merlin member labels. "These discussions culminated last week in the new CEO contacting us to make  
clear that he considers the Merlin relationship insignificant to Simfy's  
business (although we have a market share on the service well in excess of 12%)  
. We have no confidence that the new ownership of the business understands the  
value of Merlin's repertoire or intends to honour the terms of the agreement on  
equity and last week's fruitless discussions made it clear that the best option  
for Merlin was termination of the agreement."

Merlin has demanded that Simfy take down and delete all member content immediately and report and pay for usage during September. "We have  
also reserved all of Merlin's rights in relation to the equity issue referred  
to above and have appointed a German law firm to represent us in this action," Caldas told his members.

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