{"id":38657,"date":"2021-11-16T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iposgoode.ca\/?p=38657"},"modified":"2021-11-16T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T17:00:00","slug":"playing-with-piracy-roblox-settles-200m-music-copyright-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/iposgoode\/2021\/11\/16\/playing-with-piracy-roblox-settles-200m-music-copyright-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing with Piracy: Roblox Settles $200M Music Copyright Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1582730147924-d92f4da00252?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&amp;ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=1000&amp;q=80\" alt=\"black vinyl record on black vinyl record\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Eric Krull (<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/fi3_lDi3qPE\">Unsplash<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-37216\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iposgoode.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/natalie4-150x150.png\" alt=\"Natalie Bravo\" width=\"67\" height=\"75\" \/>Natalie Bravo is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.roblox.com\/\">Roblox<\/a> is an online free-to-play gaming platform where users can develop games and play online together. Its increasing popularity among teenagers and children, especially during the pandemic, has sparked multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/squid-game-netflix-roblox-remake\">viral trends<\/a>. Music has become a large component of Roblox, with artists like Lil Nas X hosting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f12ukZuUwWI\">virtual concerts<\/a>. Roblox even lets users upload songs for game-building, a feature that resulted in a copyright lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>Back in June 2021, The National Music Publishers\u2019 Association (NMPA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmpa.org\/music-publishers-sue-roblox-for-letting-game-creators-use-unlicensed-songs\/\">sued<\/a> Roblox for allowing users to upload copyrighted music without paying a licensing fee. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of various music publishers, including major players like Kobalt Music Publishing America and Universal Music Corporation. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/music-publishers-sue-roblox-for-letting-game-creators-use-songs-11623271976?mod=searchresults_pos1&amp;page=1\">NMPA sought $200 million<\/a> in copyright damages, among other court orders to enhance control over in-game piracy on Roblox.<\/p>\n<p>The Association <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.cacd.822912\/gov.uscourts.cacd.822912.1.0.pdf\">alleged that<\/a> \u201cRoblox actively preys on its impressionable user base and their desire for popular music, teaching children that pirating music is perfectly acceptable.\u201d Roblox actively encourages music uploads, charges users, and even sells virtual items to allow for in-game listening. The lawsuit further alleged that Roblox has established control and a moderation team to address content that is against policy but does not monitor music licensing in uploads.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the lawsuit was filed, Roblox signed music partnerships with both <a href=\"https:\/\/corp.roblox.com\/2021\/06\/roblox-partners-bmg-develop-new-opportunities-artists-songwriters\/\">BMG<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/7\/6\/22564922\/roblox-sony-music-partnership-lil-nas-x-collaboration-licensing\">Sony Music Entertainment<\/a> to license many popular songs. Along with these deals, Roblox expressed a commitment to monitoring DMCA complaints. On September 27, Roblox announced that they have <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2021\/digital\/news\/roblox-national-music-publishers-association-nmpa-settle-copyright-lawsuit-1235075154\/\">settled<\/a> their lawsuit with the NMPA, and further <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmpa.org\/nmpa-and-roblox-strike-industry-wide-agreement\/\">expressed<\/a> that the settlement \u201csets the foundation for future partnerships with global publishers that will unlock new creative and commercial opportunities on its platform.\u201d The agreement encompasses an expansive licensing agreement between Roblox and the music publishing industry that allows individual publishers to opt-in or enter into individual negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>The settlement is great news for the gaming company and its outlook after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/video-games\/2021\/03\/11\/roblox-ipo\/\">going public<\/a> on the New York Stock Exchange earlier this year. While the deal does not explicitly cover licensing for <em>all<\/em> songs, it shows that Roblox has a lot more in store on the music front. Hopefully, this means more virtual concerts!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2140,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,65,60],"tags":[27,682,1503,4172,3780,4173,503,4174,4175],"class_list":["post-38657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs","category-copyright","category-ip","tag-copyright","tag-dmca","tag-lawsuit","tag-music-publishing","tag-natalie-bravo","tag-nmpa","tag-piracy","tag-roblox","tag-videogames"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Playing with Piracy: Roblox Settles $200M Music Copyright Lawsuit - IPOsgoode<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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