Twitter suspends the Houston Rockets account

[Dan Druff]

They also suspended the account belonging to Auburn football.

Both were for supposed music copyright violations (lol).

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...ed/3748238002/

What a joke these social media companies have become.

[Muck Ficon]

They also suspended the account belonging to Auburn football.

Both were for supposed music copyright violations (lol).

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...ed/3748238002/

What a joke these social media companies have become.

It's not the social media companies doing this. The music industry and the artists are the ones filing the lawsuits.

[Dan Druff]

They also suspended the account belonging to Auburn football.

Both were for supposed music copyright violations (lol).

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...ed/3748238002/

What a joke these social media companies have become.

It's not the social media companies doing this. The music industry and the artists are the ones filing the lawsuits.

Twitter doesn't have to suspend them, though. That's their internal decision.

[gimmick]

It's not the social media companies doing this. The music industry and the artists are the ones filing the lawsuits.

Twitter doesn't have to suspend them, though. That's their internal decision.

One of these "options" will get you sued and you will likely lose, while with the other option you're always legally protected. Really not much of a decision tbh.

[Dan Druff]

Twitter doesn't have to suspend them, though. That's their internal decision.

One of these "options" will get you sued and you will likely lose, while with the other option you're always legally protected. Really not much of a decision tbh.

Twitter could have deleted the offending tweets. There is no legal requirement for them to ban/suspend accounts hit with DMCA claims.

I'm sure if Twitter deleted the tweets with the alleged copyrighted music, and then sent a stern warning that they would suspend the Rockets if they did it again, the behavior would have changed.

[Crowe Diddly]

Twitter could have deleted the offending tweets. There is no legal requirement for them to ban/suspend accounts hit with DMCA claims.

I'm sure if Twitter deleted the tweets with the alleged copyrighted music, and then sent a stern warning that they would suspend the Rockets if they did it again, the behavior would have changed.

Here's why, in a nutshell: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20...-bad-law.shtml

Ever since this case and others like it, companies/providers/platforms have to take the 'repeat offender' threat very seriously. So they do.

So yes, you absolutely can blame the DMCA. Because of it, certainly no free-to-use service is gonna take any chances on people who get multiple DMCA notices anymore.

[MumblesBadly]

Twitter could have deleted the offending tweets. There is no legal requirement for them to ban/suspend accounts hit with DMCA claims.

I'm sure if Twitter deleted the tweets with the alleged copyrighted music, and then sent a stern warning that they would suspend the Rockets if they did it again, the behavior would have changed.

Here's why, in a nutshell: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20...-bad-law.shtml

Ever since this case and others like it, companies/providers/platforms have to take the 'repeat offender' threat very seriously. So they do.

So yes, you absolutely can blame the DMCA. Because of it, certainly no free-to-use service is gonna take any chances on people who get multiple DMCA notices anymore.

Hopefully, podcast platforms won’t start banning podcasts that illegally uses copyrighted material as intro/outro music. I’m a regular listening to at least such podcast that probably does so that I really enjoy.