The lawsuit is against X Corp, Elon Musk’s company, whose claim for damages for counterfeiting is approximately R$ 1.2 billion
Biggest music publishers in the world, like sony, warner AND universalfiled a lawsuit in the United States against X Corp, a Elon Muskfor using the music without paying royalties in Twitter. The claim for damages for infringement of rights is US$ 250 million, approximately R$ 1.2 billion.
A publisher rep told the Music Business Worldwide website that Elon Musk-owned Twitter is the only major social network that doesn’t pay publishers royalties for using music on the platform.
Spotify, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram AND tick tock are among the platforms that already have agreements with music multinationals to license the use of these tracks.
In the complaint, obtained by the site, the editors argue that “Twitter fuels its business with numerous violations involving musical compositions, violating the exclusive rights of publishers and others under the copyright law”.
The text of the lawsuit adds: “While many of Twitter’s competitors respect the need for proper licensing and agreements for the use of musical compositions on their platforms, Twitter fails to do so and instead generates massive copyright infringements that harm creators’ users.” of music”.
Elon Musk and Twitter have yet to comment on the action.
Source: Terra
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