Music giants Universal, Sony, and Warner filed a $250 million lawsuit against Twitter for alleged copyright infringement. They are seeking $150,000 for each infringed work.
constantly and knowingly hosts and streams that encroach on copies of music compositions to advance its business and increase its profits.Twitter is also charged with deliberately nurturing a user base that posts videos covered with copyright-protected music to “retain account holders and viewers” and “grow the body of engaging tweets” on the platform.
“Twitter then monetizes those tweets and users via advertising, subscriptions, and data licensing, all of which serve to increase Twitter’s valuation and revenues,” states the filing.Theis the umbrella group for the 17 publishers who filed the lawsuit. Among them are Spirit Music Group, Anthem Entertainment, Big Machine Music, BMG Rights Management, and Kobalt Music Publishing America.
Twitter is the only significant social media platform devoid of music license agreements to deal with copyright issues. In contrast, other platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Snapchat have entered into agreements that pay composers of musical compositions for the use of their work on these platforms.
“Indeed, providing free, unlicensed music gives the Twitter platform an unfair advantage over competing platforms,” he continued. David Israelite, president of the NMPA, said in a statement that Twitter “knows full well that music is leaked, launched, and streamed by billions of people every day on its platform” and that the firm “cannot hide behind the DMCA.”
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