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U.S. District Court Dismisses Most Music Publishing Company's Accusations of Infringement of X's Music Works

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2024-03-15 13:19

In June 2023, more than a dozen music publishing companies (including Sony, Universal, Warner, etc.) jointly suedX Corp., called itX Social Platform (formerly renamedTwitter) illegally remake, publicly transmit, or remake on the platform without the publisher's authorization and consent, infringing its music copyright, toX Corp.Claim0.25 billion dollars.

 

District Court this year.March 5 dismissed the music publishing companyX Corp.Direct infringement of music copyright (Direct Infringement) claim, the judgment indicates that what constitutes a direct infringement isPlatform Xusers ratherPlatform X; And rejects agency Infringement (indirect Infringement) (Vicarious Infringement), the judgment stated thatPlatform XThere is no infringement of the actual control of the user of the control platform as the employer does to the employee, and the agent's tort liability does not apply.

 

District Court Allows Music Publishing Companies to Be InformedX Corp. infringement of music copyrightPart of help.Infringement (Contributory infringement）主张The judgment said that if the music publishing company had to present specific evidence to prove thatX Corp.After receiving a withdrawal notice from a music publishing company regarding infringement of music copyright by a platform user, failing to respond or neglecting to withdraw the notice for more than a reasonable period, thenX Corp.The act of undue delay may constitute an infringement of help, especiallyX Corp.(1) to "Verified"( "verified")users to provide more lenient copyright enforcement; (2) Failure to deal with withdrawal in a timely mannerLowernotification; and (3) Failure to take reasonable measures against serious continuous infringers. X Corp. Known SpecificVerified users use the X platform to repeatedly publicly publish infringing content, but refuse to take reasonable measures to deal with the infringement of these users,X Corp.May be found to help infringement.