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Kenan Draughorne

Music publisher coalition sues Twitter over copyright

Twitter can no longer refuse to pay songwriters and music publishers, a lawsuit says. Photo: AAP

A coalition of music publishers, including Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music and Sony Music Publishing, is suing Twitter over “massive copyright infringement” involving the companies’ respective music catalogues.

Seventeen music publishers, who hold the rights to music from artists including Drake, Taylor Swift and Adele, filed the joint lawsuit on Wednesday in Tennessee federal court. They seek more than $US250 million ($A368 million) in damages.

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