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Twitter sued for $250 million by music publishers over ‘massive’ copyright infringement
(www.theverge.com)
this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2023
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When I read the article basically every other social platform has struck licensing deals with record companies because it adds monetary value to their sites... they aren't trying to stop content creators they are trying to get a piece of the money pie Facebook, youtube and twitch make off of content that's uploaded... I don't know if it would have further reaching consequences but Twitter was in the middle of a deal when Elon took over and somehow this got pushed to the side and the record companies are now suing twitter...
Twitch actually ran into a similar issue just recently, IIRC. I don't recall if it ever made it to court, though. https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/26/21534983/riaa-copyright-twitch-streamers-licensing-letter