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This article adds a bit more context. Spotify claims that Wixen is overstepping their authority as music licensors and suing on behalf of clients who have not g

• jeremyjh 9y ago
  That article is discussing several different legal actions. I understood Spotify's comments regarding the artists to be in reference to the class action lawsuite Wixen is (in their opinion) interfering in. In general to have standing you need to show you have been directly harmed. The exclusive licensee of a song would be directly harmed if someone distributed it without paying for a license. So while Wixen may not have standing in a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of the original artisits, they would have standing in their own action which they have now filed.
• danso 9y ago
  Reminds me of the 2010s, when a company named RightHaven was hired by media companies to sue bloggers/message boards upon finding copies or excerpts of news articles. Ostensibly Righthaven had the authority of the clients, but were ruled as not having the legal standing to sue https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Righthaven https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Righthaven