Music Publishers Sue Peloton for $150 Million
Business Wars Daily
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4.6 • 717 Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2019
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Today is Tuesday, March 26, and we’re looking at Peloton vs. SoulCycle.
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| 1:10.6 | Perhaps it was bound to happen. The music industry took notice |
| 1:12.5 | of Peloton and didn't like what it saw. Peloton, for those of you who have escaped the craze, |
| 1:18.4 | sells at-home exercise bikes and treadmills, and video spin classes that make you feel like you're |
| 1:23.4 | working out along with thousands of sweaty friends. Prices are high. |
| 1:33.4 | A bike costs about $2,300, and a treadmill will set you back up to $4,300. |
| 1:37.9 | And then there's that $39 monthly streaming charge. |
| 1:46.3 | The offerings have been so popular that investment bankers now value Peloton at more than $4 billion. One reason for its success, |
| 1:53.0 | the music in those videos. Ten music publishers are suing Peloton for copyright infringement. The publishers say Peloton is using at least a thousand songs by well-known artists, such as Drake, |
| 1:59.4 | Justin Timberlake, and Lady Gaga, without paying for him. |
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