A consortium of music publishers on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Twitter, claiming the social media platform has repeatedly violated copyright law by hosting music without permission and failing to police infringers.
The suit was filed in federal court in Nashville by the trade group National Music Publishers’ Association on behalf of 17 music publishing companies including Universal, Polygram, BMG, Sony, EMI, Concord and Warner Chappell.
It alleges Twitter willfully infringed the work of about 1,700 songs. Among the songs and artists mentioned as examples in the lawsuit were Louis Armstrong’s What a World, Glass Animals’ Heat Waves and Rihanna’s Umbrella.
The suit, formally against Twitter parent X Corp, seeks up to $150,000 for each case on infringement as well as additional damages among its claims for direct copyright infringement, contributory infringement and vicarious infringement.
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