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What just happened? Roblox, one of the most popular gaming platforms in the world, has been hit with a $200 million lawsuit from the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) for illegally using music uploaded by users.
Variety reports that NMPA president/CEO David Israelite announced the lawsuit at the trade group s 2021 annual meeting, highlighting Roblox s millions of daily active players and alleging that it goes to great lengths to avoid paying artists for using their music. Roblox has earned hundreds of millions of dollars by requiring users to pay every time they upload music onto the platform taking advantage of young people s lack of understanding about copyright and then they take virtually no action to prevent repeat infringement or alert users to the risks they are taking, Israelite said.
Representing a group of major and independent music publishers, the NMPA is suing Roblox for $200 million, alleging the gaming company engages in “rampant” copyright infringement.
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