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Judge throws out copyright claims in Wixen's $102M lawsuit against Meta

4 sept. 2026 · Collecté automatiquement à partir de sources publiques. Non vérifié par une personne.

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What happened: Judge John F. Walter (C.D. Cal.) dismissed the copyright claims at the center of Wixen Music Publishing's suit against Meta, ruling Wixen failed to adequately allege standing to sue under the Copyright Act for any of the 681 works it says Meta used without a license across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Wixen, a publishing administrator for 2000+ clients and 100,000+ songs, described itself as 'exclusive licensee and/or owner' without specifying which for each work; under binding Ninth Circuit law, a co-owner's licensee holding only one writer's share of a co-written song lacks standing. Wixen was given until September 18 to file a second amended complaint; its three state-law claims (defamation, trade libel, intentional interference) were left untouched for now.

Why it matters to creators: the underlying dispute is a music-licensing fight with an AI angle - Wixen alleges that since its 2018 Facebook license expired in December 2025, Meta kept its catalog in the music library feeding Reels 'without authorization or payment,' and that Meta's 'reason for slashing payments to songwriters is to replace human-generated, royalty-bearing music with royalty-free AI-generated music.' The standing ruling also clarifies the bar for publishing administrators suing platforms over co-owned works.

What is not yet known: whether Wixen filed a satisfactory second amended complaint by the September 18 deadline, and nothing in the order decides whether Meta actually infringed.

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