Twitter’s music label legal trouble might have legs
by Emma Roth from The Verge - All Posts on (#6K491)
Image: The Verge The music labels suing Twitter - now X - for copyright infringement can move forward with parts of their lawsuit. In a filing on Tuesday, US District Judge Aleta A. Trauger partially denied X's motion to dismiss the lawsuit, saying it's still not clear to what extent X Corp. may be liable for the infringing acts of users on its platform."
Last year, the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) sued X for $250 million on behalf of Universal Music Group, Concord Music Group, Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, and other major publishers.
The lawsuit alleges that X breeds massive copyright infringement that harms music creators" by failing to take action against posts containing copyrighted music. Copyright issues on X have...