{"id":26437,"date":"2026-11-06T05:34:32","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T05:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/kroger-seeks-dismissal-of-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T05:34:32","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T05:34:32","slug":"kroger-seeks-dismissal-of-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/kroger-seeks-dismissal-of-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Kroger Seeks Dismissal of Sony Music Copyright Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kroger<\/strong> and 17 affiliates have asked a California federal judge to dismiss a copyright lawsuit brought by Sony Music<\/strong> and nine affiliated labels over music in social media posts. Their motion raises six grounds for dismissal, including jurisdictional and procedural objections.<\/p>\n

The labels sued in August, alleging at least 392 unauthorized uses<\/strong> of their recordings in posts by Kroger affiliate brands and paid influencers. Kroger also cites the Supreme Court\u2019s Cox v. Sony<\/a><\/em> ruling to argue that companies cannot be held vicariously liable for posts by independent influencers.<\/p>\n

Sony\u2019s complaint said Kroger partnerships with InstaCart and DoorDash made the companies\u2019 products available for delivery to California consumers. Kroger disputes the relevance of those arrangements, arguing that \u201csame-day and next-day delivery of groceries from a store in Milwaukee or Chicago to Los Angeles would be highly unlikely.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kroger also says the exhibit listing the disputed music does not identify which plaintiff owns each recording. It estimates that 110 entries cite no sound recording registration, including 59 marked as pre-1972 recordings, five with registrations listed as pending and 21 that invoke the Berne Convention.<\/p>\n

The companies further argue that claims involving a 2020 holiday campaign license, which allegedly included The Lovin\u2019 Spoonful<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s \u201cDo You Believe in Magic,\u201d fall outside the Copyright Act\u2019s three-year statute of limitations. A hearing on the dismissal motion is scheduled for January 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kroger and 17 affiliates have moved to dismiss a lawsuit alleging unauthorized use of Sony Music recordings in social media posts.","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":26438,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[512],"tags":[503,43902,54617,705],"class_list":["post-26437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-industry-news","tag-copyright","tag-kroger","tag-social-media-advertising","tag-sony-music","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"yoast_head":"\nKroger Sony Music Lawsuit: Dismissal Sought<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kroger seeks to dismiss Sony Music's lawsuit over 392 alleged unauthorized uses of recordings in social media posts, citing jurisdiction and other defenses.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/kroger-seeks-dismissal-of-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kroger Sony Music Lawsuit: Dismissal Sought\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kroger seeks to dismiss Sony Music's lawsuit over 392 alleged unauthorized uses of recordings in social media posts, citing jurisdiction and other defenses.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/kroger-seeks-dismissal-of-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The InterSpace Daily.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/interspacemusic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-11-06T05:34:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/kroger-moves-to-toss-sony-music-infringement-lawsuit.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Grace Wangeci\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@InterSpaceDaily\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@InterSpaceDaily\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Grace Wangeci\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/kroger-seeks-dismissal-of-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/kroger-seeks-dismissal-of-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Grace Wangeci\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e932964055c2dfc2484af1bafae3e7b0\"},\"headline\":\"Kroger Seeks Dismissal of Sony Music Copyright Lawsuit\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-11-06T05:34:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/kroger-seeks-dismissal-of-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":230,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/kroger-seeks-dismissal-of-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/d2n07ae9429qri.cloudfront.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/06054331\\\/kroger-moves-to-toss-sony-music-infringement-lawsuit.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Copyright\",\"Kroger\",\"social media advertising\",\"Sony Music\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Industry News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/kroger-seeks-dismissal-of-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/kroger-seeks-dismissal-of-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kroger Sony Music Lawsuit: Dismissal Sought\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/kroger-seeks-dismissal-of-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/kroger-seeks-dismissal-of-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/d2n07ae9429qri.cloudfront.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/06054331\\\/kroger-moves-to-toss-sony-music-infringement-lawsuit.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-11-06T05:34:32+00:00\",\"description\":\"Kroger seeks to dismiss Sony Music's lawsuit over 392 alleged unauthorized uses of recordings in social media posts, citing jurisdiction and other defenses.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/kroger-seeks-dismissal-of-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/kroger-seeks-dismissal-of-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/kroger-seeks-dismissal-of-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/d2n07ae9429qri.cloudfront.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/06054331\\\/kroger-moves-to-toss-sony-music-infringement-lawsuit.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/d2n07ae9429qri.cloudfront.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/06054331\\\/kroger-moves-to-toss-sony-music-infringement-lawsuit.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":675,\"caption\":\"Kroger and Sony Music are parties to a lawsuit concerning music used in social media posts.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/kroger-seeks-dismissal-of-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kroger Seeks Dismissal of Sony Music Copyright Lawsuit\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"The InterSpace Daily.\",\"description\":\"Nigeria's leading music tech blog\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"InterSpace Daily\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The InterSpace Daily.\",\"alternateName\":\"InterSpace Distribution\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/DP1.png?fit=90%2C90&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/DP1.png?fit=90%2C90&ssl=1\",\"width\":90,\"height\":90,\"caption\":\"The InterSpace Daily.\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/interspacemusic\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/InterSpaceDaily\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/interspace.daily\",\"https:\\\/\\\/youtube.com\\\/@interspacedistro\"],\"description\":\"Nigeria's leading music tech blog \u2014 streaming, distribution, royalties, AI and the business of music, covered from Lagos for artists and labels worldwide.\",\"knowsAbout\":[\"music technology\",\"music distribution\",\"music streaming\",\"music royalties\",\"Nigerian music industry\",\"Afrobeats\",\"YouTube MCNs\",\"DDEX\",\"AI in music\"],\"parentOrganization\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"The InterSpace Group\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/business.interspacemusic.com\\\/\",\"description\":\"The independent side of the global music industry \u2014 distribution, publishing, rights, and technology built for independent artists and labels.\"},\"areaServed\":[\"Nigeria\",\"Africa\",\"Worldwide\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e932964055c2dfc2484af1bafae3e7b0\",\"name\":\"Grace Wangeci\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/api.dicebear.com\\\/9.x\\\/lorelei\\\/svg?seed=grace&size=96&backgroundColor=ff6a1a,f7a072,ffd5bd,ffb38a&backgroundType=solid\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/api.dicebear.com\\\/9.x\\\/lorelei\\\/svg?seed=grace&size=96&backgroundColor=ff6a1a,f7a072,ffd5bd,ffb38a&backgroundType=solid\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/api.dicebear.com\\\/9.x\\\/lorelei\\\/svg?seed=grace&size=96&backgroundColor=ff6a1a,f7a072,ffd5bd,ffb38a&backgroundType=solid\",\"caption\":\"Grace Wangeci\"},\"description\":\"Grace Wangeci covers East African music tech, DSP economics, and the artists shaping the new African sound for InterSpace Daily.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/grace\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kroger Sony Music Lawsuit: Dismissal Sought","description":"Kroger seeks to dismiss Sony Music's lawsuit over 392 alleged unauthorized uses of recordings in social media posts, citing jurisdiction and other defenses.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/kroger-seeks-dismissal-of-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kroger Sony Music Lawsuit: Dismissal Sought","og_description":"Kroger seeks to dismiss Sony Music's lawsuit over 392 alleged unauthorized uses of recordings in social media posts, citing jurisdiction and other defenses.","og_url":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/kroger-seeks-dismissal-of-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit\/","og_site_name":"The InterSpace Daily.","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/interspacemusic\/","article_published_time":"2026-11-06T05:34:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/kroger-moves-to-toss-sony-music-infringement-lawsuit.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Grace Wangeci","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@InterSpaceDaily","twitter_site":"@InterSpaceDaily","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Grace Wangeci","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":["Article","BlogPosting"],"@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/kroger-seeks-dismissal-of-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/kroger-seeks-dismissal-of-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit\/"},"author":{"name":"Grace Wangeci","@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e932964055c2dfc2484af1bafae3e7b0"},"headline":"Kroger Seeks Dismissal of Sony Music Copyright Lawsuit","datePublished":"2026-11-06T05:34:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/kroger-seeks-dismissal-of-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit\/"},"wordCount":230,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/kroger-seeks-dismissal-of-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d2n07ae9429qri.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/06054331\/kroger-moves-to-toss-sony-music-infringement-lawsuit.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1","keywords":["Copyright","Kroger","social media advertising","Sony Music"],"articleSection":["Industry News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/kroger-seeks-dismissal-of-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit\/","url":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/kroger-seeks-dismissal-of-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit\/","name":"Kroger Sony Music Lawsuit: Dismissal Sought","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/kroger-seeks-dismissal-of-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/kroger-seeks-dismissal-of-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d2n07ae9429qri.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/06054331\/kroger-moves-to-toss-sony-music-infringement-lawsuit.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1","datePublished":"2026-11-06T05:34:32+00:00","description":"Kroger seeks to dismiss Sony Music's lawsuit over 392 alleged unauthorized uses of recordings in social media posts, citing jurisdiction and other defenses.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/kroger-seeks-dismissal-of-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/kroger-seeks-dismissal-of-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/kroger-seeks-dismissal-of-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d2n07ae9429qri.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/06054331\/kroger-moves-to-toss-sony-music-infringement-lawsuit.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d2n07ae9429qri.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/06054331\/kroger-moves-to-toss-sony-music-infringement-lawsuit.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1","width":1200,"height":675,"caption":"Kroger and Sony Music are parties to a lawsuit concerning music used in social media posts."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/kroger-seeks-dismissal-of-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kroger Seeks Dismissal of Sony Music Copyright Lawsuit"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/","name":"The InterSpace Daily.","description":"Nigeria's leading music tech blog","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/#organization"},"alternateName":"InterSpace Daily","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"The InterSpace Daily.","alternateName":"InterSpace Distribution","url":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DP1.png?fit=90%2C90&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DP1.png?fit=90%2C90&ssl=1","width":90,"height":90,"caption":"The InterSpace Daily."},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/interspacemusic\/","https:\/\/x.com\/InterSpaceDaily","https:\/\/instagram.com\/interspace.daily","https:\/\/youtube.com\/@interspacedistro"],"description":"Nigeria's leading music tech blog \u2014 streaming, distribution, royalties, AI and the business of music, covered from Lagos for artists and labels worldwide.","knowsAbout":["music technology","music distribution","music streaming","music royalties","Nigerian music industry","Afrobeats","YouTube MCNs","DDEX","AI in music"],"parentOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The InterSpace Group","url":"https:\/\/business.interspacemusic.com\/","description":"The independent side of the global music industry \u2014 distribution, publishing, rights, and technology built for independent artists and labels."},"areaServed":["Nigeria","Africa","Worldwide"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e932964055c2dfc2484af1bafae3e7b0","name":"Grace Wangeci","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/api.dicebear.com\/9.x\/lorelei\/svg?seed=grace&size=96&backgroundColor=ff6a1a,f7a072,ffd5bd,ffb38a&backgroundType=solid","url":"https:\/\/api.dicebear.com\/9.x\/lorelei\/svg?seed=grace&size=96&backgroundColor=ff6a1a,f7a072,ffd5bd,ffb38a&backgroundType=solid","contentUrl":"https:\/\/api.dicebear.com\/9.x\/lorelei\/svg?seed=grace&size=96&backgroundColor=ff6a1a,f7a072,ffd5bd,ffb38a&backgroundType=solid","caption":"Grace Wangeci"},"description":"Grace Wangeci covers East African music tech, DSP economics, and the artists shaping the new African sound for InterSpace Daily.","url":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/author\/grace\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d2n07ae9429qri.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/06054331\/kroger-moves-to-toss-sony-music-infringement-lawsuit.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}