June 02, 2026
X. Corp. is defending its antitrust case accusing music publishers and their trade group of banding together to demand an industrywide license, telling a Texas federal court the publishers agreed not to negotiate with the social media platform individually.
April 03, 2026
The National Music Publishers' Association and its members have told a Texas federal court that X Corp.'s antitrust suit fails to allege any conspiracy, with the best argument the company could muster being an "implausible" interpretation of a single word — "we" — in a single email.
January 09, 2026
X Corp. accused the National Music Publishers' Association and the largest music publishers in the United States of an anticompetitive conspiracy, alleging in a suit filed Friday that the industry's top players colluded against the social media company in an "extortionate campaign" over copyrighted music licenses.