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Judge clears UMG and Sony to accuse Suno of pirating YouTube via ‘stream ripping’ to train its AI

However, the judge denied the labels’ separate bid to add 61,026 recordings to the 560 already in suit Source

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Round Hill Files Lawsuit Against AI Companies Suno and Anthropic

More lawsuits have been filed against generative AI companies, this time its Round Hill suing Suno and Anthropic. Aware both defendants will claim that AI training is ‘fair use’ - meaning they can use

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Apple Music to Label AI-Generated Tracks

Apple Music has told its industry partners that AI-generated tracks will be labelled as such within its app from later this year. It’s relying on labels and distributors to identify which tracks were

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Judge Allows UMG and Sony to Pursue Piracy Claims Against Suno

However, the judge denied the labels’ separate bid to add 61,026 recordings to the 560 already in suit Source

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Spotify to label AI personas

Spotify will start labelling “AI personas” next month, so artists that don’t really exist but which have a profile on the streaming service with an AI-generated identity. It hopes anyone releasing mus

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Round Hill sues Suno and Anthropic over AI music generation

More lawsuits have been filed against generative AI companies, this time its Round Hill suing Suno and Anthropic. Aware both defendants will claim that AI training is ‘fair use’ - meaning they can use

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Apple Music to label AI-generated tracks

Apple Music has told its industry partners that AI-generated tracks will be labelled as such within its app from later this year. It’s relying on labels and distributors to identify which tracks were

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UMG and Sony cleared to sue Suno over AI training data, but claim limited

However, the judge denied the labels’ separate bid to add 61,026 recordings to the 560 already in suit Source

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Apple Music to Label AI-Generated Tracks

Apple Music has told its industry partners that AI-generated tracks will be labelled as such within its app from later this year. It’s relying on labels and distributors to identify which tracks were

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Judge Allows UMG and Sony to Pursue AI Piracy Claims Against Suno

However, the judge denied the labels’ separate bid to add 61,026 recordings to the 560 already in suit Source

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Spotify to introduce labels for AI-generated personas

Spotify will start labelling “AI personas” next month, so artists that don’t really exist but which have a profile on the streaming service with an AI-generated identity. It hopes anyone releasing mus

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Round Hill sues AI music platforms Suno and Anthropic

More lawsuits have been filed against generative AI companies, this time its Round Hill suing Suno and Anthropic. Aware both defendants will claim that AI training is ‘fair use’ - meaning they can use

Feature Complete Music Update

Apple Music to label AI-generated tracks

Apple Music has told its industry partners that AI-generated tracks will be labelled as such within its app from later this year. It’s relying on labels and distributors to identify which tracks were

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Judge allows UMG and Sony to accuse Suno of AI piracy

However, the judge denied the labels’ separate bid to add 61,026 recordings to the 560 already in suit Source

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Live Nation hired Trump’s personal lawyer as it sought to persuade US Department Of Justice to settle antitrust litigation

The Wall Street Journal has published a report into the role of Donald Trump and the White House in pressuring the US Department Of Justice to settle its antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation. The rep

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Music industry pays tribute to Dolly Parton

The music industry has paid tribute to Dolly Parton, who died yesterday. Sony says Parton was “a monumental talent and trailblazer”, agent Neil Warnock notes that “she started with a vision and never

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Sony Music Publishing wins Publisher of the Year at 2026 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards

The Sony-owned publisher landed the prize for representing 27 of the past awards year's most-performed R&B and hip-hop songs in BMI's repertoire Source

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Judge Allows UMG and Sony to Accuse Suno of Pirating YouTube Content

However, the judge denied the labels’ separate bid to add 61,026 recordings to the 560 already in suit Source

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Apple Music to Implement 'Made With AI' Labels

Apple Music has told its industry partners that AI-generated tracks will be labelled as such within its app from later this year. It’s relying on labels and distributors to identify which tracks were

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Live Nation Hired Trump Lawyer Amid DOJ Antitrust Case

The Wall Street Journal has published a report into the role of Donald Trump and the White House in pressuring the US Department Of Justice to settle its antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation. The rep