A federal judge has given the green light for parts of a $250 million copyright lawsuit against Elon Musk's X, formerly known as Twitter, to proceed, dealing a blow to the social media company. The lawsuit, filed by the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) last June, alleges that X facilitated the unauthorized use of artists' music by some users.
US District Judge Aleta Trauger allowed claims to proceed, suggesting that X may have knowingly enabled copyright infringement by giving verified subscribers more freedom than non-paying users to share copyrighted music. However, she dismissed claims that X directly stole artists' intellectual property.
