The National Music Publishers’ Association and its members argued in the suit that the social media company should pay as much as $150,000 per work infringed, with the potential tab climbing into the hundreds of millions of dollars.
“Twitter stands alone as the largest social media platform that has completely refused to license the millions of songs on its service,” NMPA chief executive David Israelite said in reply to an AFP inquiry.
“Twitter knows full-well that music is leaked, launched, and streamed by billions of people every day on its platform.”
Twitter’s treatment of copyright complaints has not improved since Elon Musk bought the platform late last year for $44 billion, the suit contended.
“On the contrary, Twitter’s internal affairs regarding matters pertinent to this case are in disarray,” argued the lawsuit, which was filed in the state of Tennessee.
Twitter’s head of trust and safety earlier this month confirmed she had quit the company, not sharing her reason publicly.
Source: PunchNG
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