Music companies have repeatedly complained about X too. Their main gripe is that unlike many other online services, X refuses to license the content shared by its users. As a result, creators are not properly compensated.<\/p>\n
Swiss music collective management outfit\u00a0SUISA<\/a>\u00a0Digital is one of these complainants. The organization tried to raise the issue with X\u2019s parent company Twitter International for several months, but the service failed to respond.<\/p>\n This inaction was a major source of frustration for the music rights group which, as a last resort, decided to take the matter to court. That way, the social media platform would have to respond.<\/p>\n In a complaint filed at the District Court of Munich, Germany, SUISA now accuses X of widespread copyright infringement.<\/p>\n \u201cA considerable number of works in SUISA Digital\u2019s repertoire is available on the X platform and is used by users without Twitter International having acquired a licence from SUISA Digital,\u201d the company\u00a0explains<\/a>.<\/p>\n To compensate for the alleged wrongdoing, the music rights group demands monetary compensation. The scale of the damages is unknown at this point as it depends on the infringing uses on X and the related revenue, which SUISA hopes to establish in court.<\/p>\n \u201cThrough its lawsuit, SUISA Digital seeks to ensure the authors and publishers it represents are adequately compensated for the ongoing, illegal use of their creative work,\u201d the music group writes.<\/p>\n \u201cThat is why, among other things, SUISA Digital demands that Twitter International fully disclose its figures relating to its uses and to the turnover realized with its music offers on the platform X.\u201d<\/p>\n The German lawsuit isn\u2019t the first music lawsuit faced by X. In the United States, Universal Music, Sony Music, EMI, and others filed a complaint against the company a few months ago, accusing it of\u00a0\u201cbreeding\u201d mass copyright infringement<\/a>.<\/p>\n According to the American music labels, X fails to properly respond to takedown notices and lacks a proper termination policy for repeat infringers. As a result, the platform is rife with music piracy.<\/p>\n With hundreds of millions of dollars in damages at stake, X is fiercely defending itself. In the U.S. case, it previously asked the court\u00a0to dismiss<\/a>\u00a0all copyright infringement allegations. The court has yet to rule on this request.<\/p>\n These lawsuits make clear that the music industry has lost patience with X. Through they courts, they hope to motivate the company to change but whether it will, largely depends on the outcome of these legal battles.<\/p>\n Source: \u00a0SUISA Sues X Seeking Damages<\/h2>\n
U.S. Mass Copyright Infringement Lawsuit<\/h2>\n
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