Music publishers are suing Twitter for $250 million over 'massive' copyright infringement
Twitter has yet another major lawsuit to contend with. A group of more than a dozen music publishersa $250 million lawsuit against the company over allegations of “massive” copyright infringement on the platform.
The suit, filed by the National Music Publishers Association, alleges Twitter users have violated artists’ 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’t have licensing agreements in place., Twitter had been in negotiations for such a deal but those talks eventually broke down.
The lawsuit also accuses Twitter of ignoring music publishers’ requests to take copyright infringing material off its platform despite weekly notices from publishers.
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