X reportedly reached settlements with multiple music publishers over copyright disputes, and both sides agreed to withdraw the lawsuits

PANews July 17 reported that court filings from a U.S. federal court show that multiple major music publishers, including Universal Music and Sony Music, have agreed to end the legal dispute over music copyright licensing involving the social media platform “X” owned by Elon Musk. Both sides jointly filed on Thursday with the U.S. Federal Court in Tennessee to dismiss the copyright lawsuit brought by the music publishers. The lawsuit alleged that X allowed users to post copyrighted music works without authorization, infringing on hundreds of copyrights. Meanwhile, both sides also applied to the U.S. Federal Court in Texas to dismiss the counterclaims X previously filed. X had alleged that these publishers colluded to restrict market competition and forced the platform to purchase music licenses at inflated prices.

According to the court documents, both parties asked the court to “dismiss with prejudice” the relevant lawsuits, which means the cases may not be brought again in the future on the same claims. However, as of now, X, the relevant music publishers, and the National Music Publishers’ Association of the United States have not responded to requests for comment, nor have they explained whether the two sides have officially reached a settlement.