Sirius XM, Music Group Challenge Copyright Royalty Ruling

• Court had asked Copyright Royalty Board to interpret regulations for digital broadcasts

• Board’s ruling favored Sirius XM on some issues, copyright collective on others

Sirius XM Radio Inc. and a music royalty-collecting organization both want a federal appeals court to strike down a copyright tribunal’s ruling on royalties for broadcasting music over the satellite radio service.

Sirius XM, a satellite radio service, and SoundExchange Inc., the royalty collective, asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in separate Dec. 29 petitions to review the board’s decision.

The Copyright Royalty Board ruled in September that Sirius XM ...