X Launches Antitrust Lawsuit Against Music Industry
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Elon Musk's counter-attack: X prosecutes 18 music publishers for "illegal conspiracy" and refuses to bend. It is a judicial response that only Elon Musk has the secret. While platform X (ex-Twitter) is under threat of heavy fines for copyright infringement, the company has decided to overthrow the table in [...] This article Elon Musk and X attack the music industry in court appeared first on Rolling Stone.
X Corp files antitrust lawsuit against major music publishers, including Sony and Universal
New Delhi: Elon Musk’s X Corp has filed a lawsuit against the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) and 18 major music publishers, including Sony Music Publishing, Universal Music Corp, and Warner Chappell Music, alleging an anticompetitive conspiracy to deny the platform fair licensing terms for copyrighted music, as per the news report. The complaint, filed on January 9, 2026 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texa…
Platform X filed an antitrust complaint against music publishers, accusing them of an unlawful agreement to force them to accept licences at excessive rates.
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Elon Musk’s X accuses music publishers of collusion and anti-competitive conduct Elon Musk took some time away from engineering the collapse of human civilisation last week to accuse the music publishers of America of anti-competitive conduct. Musk’s X - or Twitter if you’re still insisting on calling it that - is the one big social media platform to have never bothered to secure licences from the music industry, despite plenty of users posting …
X files lawsuit against 18 music publishers and the NMPA
Music publishers have been suing X for copyright infringement since June 2023, when it was still called Twitter. In June last year it seemed like a settlement was imminent, as the two sides filed a joint motion to pause the case for 90 days in order to “facilitate an orderly and negotiated resolution”. How did that go? Not […] The post is from Music Ally.
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