Twitter faced many problems with the entry into the management of Elon Musk. Now, the platform is engaged in various legal battles with the new CEO. One of them will be with music publishers. According to the news today, Twitter faced a million-dollar lawsuit by many music publishers. Here are the details!
$ 250 million lawsuit from music publishers to Twitter!
Dark clouds have been hovering over the company since Elon Musk took over the head of Twitter. While changes are being made both within the company and on the platform, legal struggles continue. The company faced new lawsuits as well as getting a new CEO.
In the United States, the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) has filed a $250 million lawsuit against Twitter for massive copyrights. In a lawsuit filed in Federal District Court in Nasshville, the NMPA claimed that Twitter “allows and encourages infringement” for profit.
Twitter is said to have received numerous copyright notices as part of the lawsuit involving 17 music publishers. However, the company is required to pay a fine of up to $150,000 for the violation, for which it has not taken any steps to rectify the situation.
Elon Musk reportedly stopped any licensing deals with music companies after he took over the company. As part of the lawsuit, there is even a list of more than 1700 songs used royalty-free on Twitter. David Israelite, head of the NMPA, made a statement on the subject.
“Elon Musk has announced that a new Twitter CEO will take over in six weeks. First, it should address the huge amount of unlicensed music on the platform. Songs have value.”
He also stated that the violations in question had an important consequence. These breaches have given Twitter an unfair advantage over rivals such as TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Snapchat, which all pay for music licenses.
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