26 June 2023FeaturesCopyrightSarah Speight

Why Elon Musk's layoffs may have exposed Twitter to a $250m copyright suit

It seems that Twitter is in the news for all the wrong reasons these days. This time a group of 17 music publishers, including major record labels in the US, have sued the platform for up to $250 million in a bulk copyright infringement claim.

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Why Elon Musk's layoffs may have exposed Twitter to a $250m copyright suit

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