Twitter Hit With $250 Million Copyright-Infringement Lawsuit From Music Publishers

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” is stumbling in its box office debut, generating $70 million internationally and $130 million globally to start. Those ticket sales wouldn’t be bad for a film aimed at older audiences, except for the fact that Disney and Lucasfilm spent $295 million before marketing to bring the fifth and final action-adventure, starring Harrison Ford, to the big screen. “Dial of Destiny” is posting similar numbers to Warner Bros. and DC’s misfire “The Flash,” which opened to $75 million internationally and $139 million globally but cost $100 million less to make. Both tentpoles are expected to lose money in their theatrical runs.

struck in the eye by a fan who hurled a cell phone at her. Rexha, 33, donned the shades and sparkly blue top while performing her hit song “I’m Good.” Prior to wearing the superhero-esq shades, the “Say my name” singer told audience members she only had two rules for the night: Don’t throw phones and have fun. The high-energy show featured several of Rexha’s hits including “I’m Not High, I’m in Love,” “Miracle Man,” and “I’m a Mess and Sacrifice.” A clip of the singer wearing the goggles was posted on social media where several of the singer’s fans appeared delighted at the singer’s new accessory.

Nick Cannon is still a fan of Mariah Carey, and he wants the world to know it.

Focus Features expanded Asteroid City to the highest grossing weekend for a Wes Anderson Film with a projected three-day estimate of $9 million from 1,675 theaters – no. 6 at the domestic box office — pushing the film’s cume to $10.2 million. It opened last weekend in six locations.

Louis Tomlinson has nothing but love for his fans after his concert at Colorado’s Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre had to be cancelled due to severe weather.

Louis Tomlinson has nothing but love for his fans after his concert at Colorado's Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre had to be canceled due to severe weather.On Wednesday, the former One Direction singer was forced to cancel his show after an unexpected hailstorm hit the area and injured some concertgoers. Tomlinson took to Twitter to lend his support.«Devastated about the show tonight, hope everyone’s ok,» the «Bigger Than Me» singer wrote.

Bebe Rexha says her tour “must go on” despite her previous show in New York having ended in “an unfortunate way”.The singer sustained facial injuries, including black eyes, after an audience member threw a phone, which hit the pop star in the face and caused her to fall to the ground. Ahead of her show in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Bebe, real name Bleta, posted on social media, hailing the “amazing show” in her hometown of New York. “Although the show ended in an unfortunate way it was still an amazing show in my hometown,” she said.

Tourists have been handed a serious warning about pollution issues on 48 beaches across the Spanish coast.

WTF would possess a “fan” to throw a cell phone at a singer on stage and injure her?!?! That’s the question Bebe Rexha is asking right now after the singer was seriously injured on Sunday night.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter After struggling at the domestic box office, this weekend’s two major releases — the Warner Bros. superhero adaptation “The Flash” and Disney’s Pixar adventure “Elemental” — failed to catch fire with international audiences. “The Flash” pulled in $75 million in its international box office debut, which doesn’t sound all that bad… except when considering the movie is available in 78 overseas markets. That means it failed to hit $1 million in the vast majority of the territories in play. China led the way with a lackluster $13.8 million, followed by Mexico with $9.4 million, the United Kingdom with $5.3 million, Korea with $3.7 million and Brazil with $3.5 million.

Rotten Tomatoes.Both of those audience metrics are below what was received for “Black Adam,” a DC film that opened to $67 million domestic and $140 million worldwide last fall and which “The Flash” had long been expected to top. “Black Adam” grossed just $393 million against a $200 million budget before marketing costs, and it is now likely that “Flash” will fall below that total from a similar if not higher budget.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter “The Flash,” a superhero adventure starring Ezra Miller, emerged victorious over Pixar’s “Elemental” in a battle of the box office lightweights. This weekend’s two new releases were once expected to ignite the summer box office but instead entirely missed the mark, as “The Flash” stumbled with $55 million and “Elemental” collected just $29.5 million in their respective debuts. Both of those films fell short of already-low expectations. And worse, they were pricy endeavors, costing $200 million to make and roughly $100 million to market, so they are shaping up to be huge disappointments in their theatrical runs. In the lead-up to “The Flash,” executives at Warner Bros. worked hard to convince the public that the film is “one of the greatest superhero movies ever made.” Directed by Andy Muschietti, the story picks up as Miller’s Barry Allen a.k.a The Flash travels back in time to prevent his mother’s murder and inadvertently cracks open the DC multiverse. (Cameos abound!) But its tepid “B” CinemaScore from opening weekend crowds suggests that the moviegoing masses didn’t entirely agree with the lavish praise bestowed on the film by the people who made it. Without positive audience scores or strong word-of-mouth, “The Flash” will struggle to rebound in the coming weeks, especially as summer season heats up with the release of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” on June 30, “Mission: Impossible 7” on July 12 and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” on July 21.

Selome Hailu Fueled by the #Scandoval, “Vanderpump” does indeed rule: In its recently completed 10th season, the ratings for Bravo’s “Vanderpump Rules” hit extraordinary heights, especially for the current fractured television landscape. Season 10 has reached an impressive 11.4 million average viewers to date. That performance was aided especially by the first reunion episode on May 24, which reached 4.6 million viewers when accounting for Live + 3 Nielsen ratings, on-demand viewing and streaming on Peacock. That made it the most-watched Bravo episode of any series in more than nine years, and the most watched “Vanderpump Rules” episode of all time. And the third reunion special had the best first-day viewership on Peacock of any NBCU series on the platform.

Twitter following alleged copyright infringement.The suit was filed in Nashville’s Federal Court yesterday (June 14) and claims that the social media platform has infringed on over 1,700 different songs.It also seeks up to $150,000 (£118,630) per infringement — which totals up to $255million (£180million) to be paid if Twitter is found liable.Some of the biggest music publishing companies are included among the plaintiffs listed including Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell, Universal Music Publishing, BMG and Kobalt.The publishers listed direct copyright infringement, contributory infringement and vicarious infringement as their counts.David Israelite, the president of NMPA issued a statement regarding the suit, stating: “Twitter stands alone as the largest social media platform that has completely refused to license the millions of songs on its service.”He continued: “Twitter knows full well that music is leaked, launched, and streamed by billions of people every day on its platform. No longer can it hide behind the DMCA and refuse to pay songwriters and music publishers.”Twitter has not yet issued a response regarding the allegations.The inability of the social media giant and music publishers to reach a licensing agreement stems back numerous years and, at time of writing, Twitter is the only major social media company to be working without one.As per the suit, the plaintiffs stated that they hoped new ownership of the company would help them resolve the ongoing issue.

lawsuit said.Members of the National Music Publishers’ Association, including Sony Music Publishing, BMG Rights Management and Universal Music Publishing Group, are seeking more than $250 million in damages for alleged infringement of nearly 1,700 copyrights.The lawsuit said the longstanding infringement has gotten worse since Elon Musk bought Twitter in October, and that other major platforms like TikTok, Facebook and YouTube properly license music from the publishers.Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment.The artists represented by the suit include Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, The Weeknd, Ed Sheeran, the Rolling Stones, Lady Gaga, Miranda Lambert and Rihanna.NMPA President David Israelite said in a statement that Twitter “stands alone as the largest social media platform that has completely refused to license the millions of songs on its service.”Twitter “routinely ignores” repeat infringement by users who post tweets that contain unlicensed music, the lawsuit said.

A consortium of music publishers on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Twitter, claiming the social media platform has repeatedly violated copyright law by hosting music without permission and failing to police infringers.

Twitter is facing a massive lawsuit over copyright infringement.

sued Twitter for copyright infringement covering 1,700 songs. Up to $250 million in damages are being sought.

Johnny Depp has reportedly received the million dollar settlement from his legal battle with Amber Heard, but he won’t be holding onto it for long.

EXCLUSIVE: A documentary maker involved in a car accident in Ukraine with presenter Clive Myrie has commenced legal action against the BBC and warned that the UK broadcaster is not doing enough to protect freelancers in warzones.