📰 New article from TorrentFreak
X Sues Music Publishers Over “Weaponized” DMCA Takedown Conspiracy
https://torrentfreak.com/x-sues-music-publishers-over-weaponized-dmca-takedown-conspiracy/
X didn’t just get sued by the music industry—it fought back with a courtroom grenade.
What started as a copyright spat has exploded into an antitrust bomb. X Corp. is now suing the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) and giants like Sony, Universal, and Warner Chappell, accusing them of running a coordinated takedown mafia—not to protect artists, but to strong-arm the platform into paying sky-high licensing fees.
The evidence? Over 200,000 DMCA notices in one year. Takedowns targeting high school award videos with 3 seconds of background music. And more than 50,000 users suspended—all while NMPA execs were happily reposting the same fan remixes they claimed were illegal. One lawyer even shared a Nelly cover… then demanded it be taken down from everyone else.
This isn’t copyright enforcement. It’s extortion dressed in legal jargon.
X says the NMPA colluded to block individual deals, then weaponized DMCA as a blunt instrument to cripple its platform. The goal? Monopolize licensing power by making X choose: pay up or drown in takedowns.
And the kicker? The same labels that cried “piracy!” are now accused of hypocrisy, selective enforcement, and treating fan content like digital litter.
This isn’t just about music—it’s about who controls the internet. If X wins, DMCA could never be used as a corporate weapon again.
If they lose? Welcome to the new era of copyright terrorism.
The case is in Texas. The stakes? Everything.