IFPI says Twitter not licensed to play music shared by IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

New Delhi: The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), on whose complaint Twitter Inc. briefly locked the account of Union IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad last week, said the US-based microblogging platform had not taken a “license for music content” that users could post, unlike other social media platforms such as Facebook or YouTube.

IFPI is not responsible for Twitter’s actions, it added.

To prevent such situations in future, Twitter should take a licence for user content uploaded on its platform, which will make sure that “Indian songwriters, artists and producers are being fairly rewarded,” IFPI said.