{"id":1150700,"date":"2023-06-15T04:24:21","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T08:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1150700"},"modified":"2023-06-15T04:24:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T08:24:21","slug":"music-publishers-are-suing-twitter-for-250-million-over-massive-copyright-infringement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1150700","title":{"rendered":"Music publishers are suing Twitter for $250 million over 'massive' copyright infringement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twitter has yet another major lawsuit to contend with. A group of more than a dozen music publishers has filed<\/ins><\/a> a $250 million lawsuit against the company over allegations of \u201cmassive\u201d copyright infringement on the platform.<\/p>\n

The suit, filed by the National Music Publishers Association, alleges Twitter users have violated artists\u2019 copyrights on thousands of occasions and that the company has done little to stop it. It notes that Twitter is among the only major social platforms that doesn\u2019t have licensing agreements in place.<\/p>\n

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According to The New York Times<\/ins><\/em><\/a>, Twitter had been in negotiations for such a deal but those talks eventually broke down. \u201cWhile numerous Twitter competitors recognize the need for proper licenses and agreements for the use of musical compositions on their platforms, Twitter does not, and instead breeds massive copyright infringement that harms music creators,\u201d the filing states.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit also accuses Twitter of ignoring music publishers\u2019 requests to take copyright infringing material off its platform despite weekly notices from publishers.\u201cThe reality is that Twitter routinely ignores known repeat infringers and known infringements, refusing to take simple steps that are available to Twitter to stop these specific instances of infringement of which it is aware,\u201d the lawsuit says,<\/p>\n

The suit also claims many offending tweets are now shared by verified users, and that Twitter is likely to take action against verified accounts. \u201cTwitter suspended virtually none of the verified accounts identified in the NMPA Notices and which have large follower bases,\u201d the suit says. \u201cTwitter gives them preferential treatment, viewing accounts that are verified and have large follower bases as more valuable and monetizable than accounts that are unverified and have a small number of followers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though the lawsuit says that copyright infringement has been a problem at Twitter for years, it says things have gotten worse since Elon Musk took over the company and that things are in \u201cdisarray\u201d internally. Of note, the suit also cites tweets from Musk himself, in which he criticized copyright law, calling the \u201coverzealous DMCA [Digital Millennium Copyright Act]\u201d a \u201cplague on humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis statement and others like it exert pressure on Twitter employees, including those in its trust and safety team, on issues relating to copyright and infringement,\u201d the music publishers say.<\/p>\n

Twitter didn\u2019t respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/music-publishers-are-suing-twitter-for-250-million-over-massive-copyright-infringement-082421118.html?src=rss
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