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Feature Music Business Worldwide

Universal and Sony Sue Suno Again Over AI Models

US copyright law sets damages for willful infringement at up to USD $150,000 per work. At that ceiling, the 60,202 recordings would carry a theoretical maximum of just over $9 billion. Source

Feature AFEM

Sounds Market Promotes Circular Economy in DJ Equipment

Sounds Market has refurbished and resold more than 1,800 DJ devices since 2023, making the circular economy a working alternative to buying new. In this Member Feature, Pau Agustí explains why discont

Feature Music Business Worldwide

Universal suing DistroKid and Suno; Oasis Live '27 tickets; SoundExchange UAE deal

The biggest headlines from the past few days... Source

Feature AFEM

Sounds Market Promotes Circular Economy in DJ Equipment

Sounds Market has refurbished and resold more than 1,800 DJ devices since 2023, making the circular economy a working alternative to buying new. In this Member Feature, Pau Agustí explains why discont

Feature AFEM

Sounds Market Promotes Circular Economy in DJ Gear

Sounds Market has refurbished and resold more than 1,800 DJ devices since 2023, making the circular economy a working alternative to buying new. In this Member Feature, Pau Agustí explains why discont

Feature AFEM

Sounds Market Promotes Circular Economy in DJ Equipment

Sounds Market has refurbished and resold more than 1,800 DJ devices since 2023, making the circular economy a working alternative to buying new. In this Member Feature, Pau Agustí explains why discont

Feature AFEM

Sounds Market Promotes Circular Economy in DJ Equipment

Sounds Market has refurbished and resold more than 1,800 DJ devices since 2023, making the circular economy a working alternative to buying new. In this Member Feature, Pau Agustí explains why discont

Feature MusicRadar

“Guilt-free AI? What so-called “ethical AI” tools mean for musicians and producers”

Amidst a mounting backlash, music AI companies are talking of ethics, responsibility and transparency – but what does it actually mean, and how can consumers know who to trust?

Feature MusicRadar

Ethical AI in Music Production

Amidst a mounting backlash, music AI companies are talking of ethics, responsibility and transparency – but what does it actually mean, and how can consumers know who to trust?

Feature MusicRadar

Ethical AI in Music Production

Amidst a mounting backlash, music AI companies are talking of ethics, responsibility and transparency – but what does it actually mean, and how can consumers know who to trust?

Feature MusicRadar

Ethical AI in Music

Amidst a mounting backlash, music AI companies are talking of ethics, responsibility and transparency – but what does it actually mean, and how can consumers know who to trust?

Feature Consequence of Sound

Paramount Reaches Settlement With States Over Warner Bros. Discovery Acqusition

Conditions include protections for CNN and a commitment to release 30 movies annually across the merged studios. Paramount Reaches Settlement With States Over Warner Bros. Discovery Acqusition Alex Kr

Feature Consequence of Sound

Paramount Reaches Settlement With States Over Warner Bros. Discovery Acqusition

Conditions include protections for CNN and a commitment to release 30 movies annually across the merged studios. Paramount Reaches Settlement With States Over Warner Bros. Discovery Acqusition Alex Krinsky

Feature NME

Muse Explain Social Media Handover to Meta AI

"He's alright, he's not too bad," frontman Matt Bellamy said of the Meta CEO

Feature NME

Muse explain handing over social media handles to Meta AI and conversations with Mark Zuckerberg

"He's alright, he's not too bad," frontman Matt Bellamy said of the Meta CEO

Feature Music Ally

Unit1 Studio raises $20m for its now-moveable avatar-concerts tech

We reported on startup Unit1 Studio when it launched in October 2025 with technology that could help artists turn themselves into digital avatars for concerts. The post is from Music Ally.

Feature MusicRadar

Zplane's Timbre is a formant-shifting plugin with a few tricks up its sleeve

Capable of everything from subtle timbral tweaking to creative vocoder-style effects, Timbre is a versatile formant-shifter with multi-band processing and sidechain functionality

Feature NME

Universal and Warner labels ask court to dismiss musicians’ AI licensing lawsuit

The American Federation of Musicians is arguing that recordings performed by its members have been licensed to AI companies without the artists receiving compensation

Feature MusicRadar

Zplane's Timbre is a formant-shifting plugin with a few tricks up its sleeve

Capable of everything from subtle timbral tweaking to creative vocoder-style effects, Timbre is a versatile formant-shifter with multi-band processing and sidechain functionality

Feature Music Ally

Unit1 Studio raises $20m for its now-moveable avatar-concerts tech

We reported on startup Unit1 Studio when it launched in October 2025 with technology that could help artists turn themselves into digital avatars for concerts. The post is from Music Ally.