Meta dropped songs from Reels library to bully Wixen into accepting lower royalty rates, says lawsuit

Meta dropped songs from Reels library to bully Wixen into accepting lower royalty rates, says lawsuit

Music publisher Wixen has sued Meta, accusing the social media giant of employing “unscrupulous” and “illegal” tactics in a bid to force it into signing a new licensing deal that offered much lower royalty rates than previous deals. Those tactics involved Meta lying to Wixen’s songwriter clients and their managers. Wixen claims that, as negotiations over a new licensing deal continued throughout 2025, Meta removed Wixen-published songs from the …