Federal Court in Tennessee Advances Copyright Infringement Claims Against X

A court order will allow some copyright infringement complaints against X Corp. by some of the largest music publishers in the industry to proceed. Judge Aleta Trauger also dismissed some of the original complaints against the company, formerly known as Twitter. In a detailed memorandum (pdf), the court partially granted and partially denied X Corp.’s motion to dismiss the copyright infringement case brought against it by the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs, representing publishers of thousands of claimed musical compositions, have accused X Corp. of indirectly enabling copyright infringement on its social media platform, where users frequently share copyright-protected work without permission....