You may wonder, what’s so hard about entering the correct information for a song? However, the music industry has faced ongoing challenges with metadata for years. There are no definitive standards for how music metadata is collected or displayed, and there is no requirement to check the accuracy of this information before it is published. To make things even trickier, this data isn’t housed in a single, centralized location; instead, it is dispersed across countless databases worldwide.
What’s even more alarming is that Limp Bizkit isn’t the only one calling out the issue. SoundExchange, a US organization responsible for managing performance rights, also filed a similar lawsuit against AccuRadio. AccuRadio is an internet radio platform that permits digital broadcasters to use sound recordings as long as royalties are paid.