Twitter Faces $250 Million Lawsuit for Copyright Infringement by Music Publishers.
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17 music publishers have sued Twitter for copyright infringement on about 1,700 songs, seeking up to $250 million in damages. The publishers claim that Twitter violated copyright law by allowing users to post music to the platform without permission. Negotiations between Twitter and the music industry to put broad licensing agreements into place had broken down months ago. The suit also documents the music publishers’ attempts to notify Twitter about infringement through the protocol outlined in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Twitter and Elon Musk have not yet responded to the lawsuit.
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