Spotify has signed a new licensing deal with India’s oldest label, Saregama, which will see 100,000 songs from the historic record company’s catalog added to the streaming platform in the market.
The new agreement comes a year after SPOT removed the company’s catalog in India following a copyright infringement suit brought against Spotify by Saregama.
In last year’s lawsuit, heard by Delhi’s High Court, and which you can read through here, the record company claimed that although it entered into negotiations with Spotify for a copyright license, SPOT and Saregama never actually signed an agreement.
According to this TechCrunch report, Spotify ‘already has a deal in place with a distributor to offer Saregama’s music to users outside of India,’ but the new deal will now see the full Saregama catalog added for Spotify users in India.
“With the full Saregama catalogue available on Spotify India, our users will not only find their favourite retro music across local languages, but also be able to discover more old-school songs through locally curated playlists – both editorial and algorithmic.”
Paul Smith, Spotify
Paul Smith, Director of Global Licensing, Spotify, said: “With the full Saregama catalogue available on Spotify India, our users will not only find their favourite retro music across local languages, but also be able to discover more old-school songs through locally curated playlists – both editorial and algorithmic.”
“We are happy to partner with Spotify and make our entire catalogue available for listeners across the globe, now including India.”
Vikram Mehra, Saregama
Saregama India Managing Director Vikram Mehra, added: “We are happy to partner with Spotify and make our entire catalogue available for listeners across the globe, now including India.
Saregama holds the largest library of films and non-film songs in over 25 languages ranging from old classics to new age music.
“We are sure, listeners would be really happy with this addition.”Music Business Worldwide
