I'm seeing several comments here that assume the lawsuit to be over recordings, but Wixen manages "mechanical licenses" (rights to melody and lyrics), not recor

I'm seeing several comments here that assume the lawsuit to be over recordings, but Wixen manages "mechanical licenses" (rights to melody and lyrics), not recordings. Mechanical licenses are governed very differently from recordings. For one, they are subject to compulsory licensing, which allows you pay a statutory rate to license them, as opposed to directly licensing them from the rightsholder. The suit alleges that Spotify did neither in this case.