Twitter Gets Hit With $250 Million Lawsuit Over Copyright Infringement

Bebe Rexha isn’t taking any chances at her shows right now. And honestly, with what she’s been through in the public eye recently, we don’t blame her for how she’s going about things here.

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.

Kelsea Ballerini had to stop her concert in Boise, Idaho on Wednesday after she was hit in the face by an object mid-show.

Stephanie Shepherd is married!

K.J. Yossman Comedian Harry Deansway is suing Steve Coogan’s production company Baby Cow over a comedy series called “Live at the Moth Club,” which he claims rips off his YouTube show “Shambles.” In his filing, Deansway, whose real name is Joshua Rinkoff, describes “Shambles” as a sitcom “centered around a live comedy night” at a run-down club struggling to make ends meet. The show blends fact and fiction by combining a sitcom set behind the scenes of the club with real comedy performances in front of a live audience. “Shambles,” which featured appearances from well-known comedians including Aisling Bea and Dan Schreiber, was released on YouTube in 2013 as a six-part series, followed by a second season in 2015.

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.

The Simpsons have been reimagined as lifelike humans with AI.The use of Artificial Intelligence has gained prominence online in recent months, and in a post on Reddit, one user used Midjourney software to try and see what the animated characters would look like as humans.Alongside the main Simpsons family, the recreations include characters such as Ned Flanders, Patty and Selma, Apu and Smithers.Take a look at the results below: My take on the real life Simpsons by u/Crows_HeadIC in midjourney There has been a mixed reception to the images, with one user writing: “Marge is the only one that doesn’t work. Everyone else is great”.Another added: “Very realistic I’d watch this immediately,” while a third wrote: “Best I’ve ever seen.

Bebe Rexha seemingly got injured at the bitter end of her concert tonight (June 18) in New York.

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.

is taking over the entire Bravo-verse. Months after star discovered her boyfriend of nine years, was having an affair with her best friend, , another Bravo reality star came forward with her own experience with the 28-year-old former beauty pageant contestant. During a recent taping of the , star Paige DeSorbo claimed Leviss had eyes for her boyfriend, Craig Conover, well before she allegedly started hooking up with Sandoval. DeSorbo and Conover first in October 2021. According to DeSorbo, the whole thing went down at costar Hannah Berner's wedding in May 2022, which Leviss attended with Shahs Of Sunset star Nema Vand, per one .

Tom Felton is getting back into character as Draco Malfoy.

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.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music The National Music Publishers Assn., acting on behalf of 17 major music publishers, is filing a federal copyright infringement lawsuit against Twitter for its failure to license and pay for the music widely available on its platform.  The complaint seeks more than $250 million in damages for hundreds of thousands of noticed infringements of approximately 1,700 works. “Twitter fuels its business with countless infringing copies of musical compositions, violating Publishers’ and others’ exclusive rights under copyright law,” the complaint reads in part. “While numerous Twitter competitors recognize the need for proper licenses and agreements for the use of musical compositions on their platforms, Twitter does not, and instead breeds massive copyright infringement that harms music creators…

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.

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