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# Warner Music Group Settles Download Royalty Lawsuit For $11.5 Million
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/warner-music-group-settles-download-royalty-lawsuit-for-115-million/
- Published: 2014-02-18T10:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2014-02-18T10:00:00.000Z
- Description: A settlement valued at a minimum of $11.5 million has been reached in a class action lawsuit over how the Warner Music Group calculated royalties for downloads and mastertones. Artists and others. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/02/warner-music-group-settles-download-royalty-l
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Major Labels, Music Business, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:43

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A settlement valued at a minimum of $11.5 million has been reached in a class action lawsuit over how the Warner Music Group calculated royalties for downloads and mastertones. Artists and others who receive royalties from contracts dated before January 1, 2002 with a WMG U.S. label are now eligible for the following benefits from the settlement:

- Cash payments for past royalties paid.
- An increase in download and mastertone royalties going forward. The increase in future royalties will give artists an increase of 5% percentage points in their royalty rate on U.S. downloads and mastertones (or more if necessary to reach a floor of 10%, capped at a maximum of 14%) and a 2.5% increase on foreign exploitations.

In order to receive benefits from the Settlement, a valid claim must be submitted by May 31, 2014\. Warner Music Group U.S. Labels include:

- [![image from www.metalinsider.net](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201a3fcbfbf05970b-150wi "image from www.metalinsider.net")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201a3fcbfbf05970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Atlantic Recording Corporation
- Bad Boy Records LLC
- Elektra Entertainment Group Inc.
- Fueled By Ramen LLC
- Nonesuch Records Inc.
- Rhino Entertainment Company
- [Warner Bros. Records,](http://topics.sacbee.com/Warner+Bros.+Records/?ref=hypebot.com) Inc.
- Word Entertainment LLC

More information about the Settlement, including rights and benefits, is available at [**www.wmgdownloadsettlement.com**](http://www.wmgdownloadsettlement.com/?ref=hypebot.com)or by calling 1-877-690-7098.

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