Major music publishers, including Sony Music and Universal Music Group, ended a legal battle with Elon Musk's X Corp. The dispute involved alleged copyright infringement. Federal court filings on July 17, 2026, confirmed the dismissal. Both parties jointly requested the dismissal of lawsuits in Tennessee and Texas.
The original lawsuit, filed in 2023, sought over $250 million in damages. It claimed X allowed the use of nearly 1,700 copyrighted songs on its platform without proper licensing. X countersued the publishers. X accused them of anticompetitive practices aimed at inflating licensing fees.
The cases were dismissed with prejudice. This means they cannot be refiled. The filings did not disclose the terms of an agreement. The resolution ends the long-standing conflict over music rights on the social media platform.