Twitter is currently facing a $250 million lawsuit from 17 music industry entities claiming the popular media site has committed multiple counts of copyright infringement.
The lawsuit is being led by many major publishers including Sony Music Publishing, Universal Music Group, Warner Chappell, and BMG as a result of Twitter’s refusal to license the millions of its songs on its service.
Other social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok all have agreements with copyright holders, but Twitter is the largest social media platform to not agree to negotiate a…