US satellite radio firm XM has settled an ongoing lawsuit with market-leader music publisher EMI Music Publishing relating to the broadcaster's Pioneer Inno radio set.
As previously reported, both labels and publishers objected to the device because it let subscribers store tracks played on radio services and listen back to them on demand. The music firms said such a service overstepped the functionality the radio firm was allowed to offer under its broadcaster music licences - it essentially offering XM subscribers, the music owners argued, a free download service.
Following lawsuits from the labels and publishers regarding the Inno, the former have in the main since reached out of court settlements with XM, but talks with the publishers have been ongoing. This week it said it had reached a settlement with the biggest music publishing plaintiff, EMI Music Publishing, who have settled with the satellite firm just weeks after its record company sister company EMI Music did likewise.
Terms of the deal, and details of how XM's negotiations with the other publishers are going, have not been disclosed.