A lawsuit has been filed against Twitter in the United States by a coalition of 17 music companies who allege the platform permitted copyright violations involving roughly 1,700 songs.
The National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) asserted in a lawsuit submitted to the Federal District Court in Nashville that Twitter “permits and encourages infringement” for financial gain.
According to this report, the circumstance has remained unchanged since Elon Musk purchased the company.
According to the allegations made by the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), which represents music publishing companies such as Sony Music Publishing, BMG Rights Management, and Universal Music Publishing Group, Twitter continues to “reap huge profits from the availability of unlicensed music without paying the necessary licensing fees for it.”
In addition, it was stated that because of the infringements, Twitter had gained an “unfair advantage” over its competitors, including TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat, all responsible for paying for music licenses.
Mr Musk, who only recently recaptured his position as the wealthiest person in the world, purchased Twitter for a whopping $44 billion the year before.
Additionally, the NMPA made the following statement: “Twitter’s change in ownership in October 2022 has not led to improvements in how it acts concerning copyright.”
“On the contrary, Twitter’s internal affairs regarding matters about this case are in disarray,” the statement continued. “[Twitter’s] internal affairs regarding matters about this case”
NMPA highlighted Twitter’s downsizing of “critical departments involved with content review and policing terms of service violations” as evidence and the resignations of trust and safety chiefs Yoel Roth and Ella Irwin.
At the beginning of this month, Linda Yaccarino, formerly the head of advertising at the media conglomerate NBCUniversal, was promoted to CEO of the struggling social media company.
Ms Yaccarino is in charge of running the business operations at the platform, which has needed help turning a profit.
Since purchasing Twitter, Mr Musk has modified how the firm verifies accounts and eliminated 75% of the company’s personnel, including teams responsible for tracking abuse.
