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SiriusXM Facing Lawsuit Over ‘Deceptive’ Royalty Fee That Allegedly Earned Billions


Sirius XM is facing a class action lawsuit claiming the company has been earning billions by tacking a deceptive royalty fees onto consumers’ bills.

SiriusXM is facing a class action lawsuit that claims the company has been earning billions in revenue by tacking a deceptive “royalty fee” onto consumers’ bills. The lawsuit claims the royalty fee is an “invented” charge that SiriusXM has “deceptively” labeled to falsely suggest that it’s mandated by the government to pay for music rights. The new lawsuit was filed in the form of a proposed class action, aimed at eventually representing “millions of individuals” who have allegedly paid the royalty fee after seeing a lower price advertised.

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