According to the allegations included in the lawsuit, Twitter “spawns massive copyright infringement that harms music creators.”
Because Twitter users are permitted to share music without first obtaining a license, the music industry has decided to pursue legal action against the social networking platform.
According to a report by Reuters, the site is being accused of infringing on over 1,700 different copyrights, and the complaint (Opens in a new window) is requesting a jury trial as well as damages that exceed $250 million. The defendants in this lawsuit include two of the most well-known music publishers in the world: Sony Music Publishing and Universal Music Publishing Group.
In the lawsuit, it is said that “Twitter fuels its business with countless infringing copies of musical compositions, violating publishers’ and others’ exclusive rights under copyright law,” and that the site is “awash with infringing videos featuring music.”
According to the allegations made in this lawsuit, the platforms TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat have “entered into agreements with publishers and other rights holders that compensate creators of musical compositions for use of their works on those platforms.”
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According to recent statements made by David Israelite, president of the National Music Publishers Association, Twitter “stands alone as the largest social media platform that has completely refused to license the millions of songs on its service.”
Twitter has not issued a public comment in response to the complaint or the charges that are made in it. This will surely deflect the focus of the company’s new CEO, Linda Yaccarino, who has just been in her capacity as CEO for a few short weeks, away from the more significant business issues that are now being faced by the social media platform.
