“Before I say anything, let me say thank you. For now, its business as usual for artists wanting to use Songkick to promote their dates across the web. In July, Songkick sold off a number of key assets to Warner Music, including their concert discovery app and website, as well as the Songkick trademark. In February, Live Nation said that the lion's share of Songkick's original suit had been dismissed by the court and said that Songkick's amended lawsuit lacked legal merit.

Songkick alleges that the misappropriated data allowed Ticketmaster to poach their prospective clients. In the lawsuit, Songkick alleges that after they acquired the ticketing company CrowdSurge in 2015, rival Ticketmaster hired one of CrowdSurge's senior execs who Songkick claims absconded with proprietary internal databases which he then provided to Ticketmaster. Songkick, which allowed artists to sell tickets directly to fans, said in the letter that they plan to continue their lawsuit against Live Nation and their ticketing subsidiary Ticketmaster, but would effectively shutter the company next month,

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