Dr. Dre, the seven-time Grammy-winning producer, said in a New York Times interview that he uses AI as a production tool and dismissed critics as 'afraid of learning new things,' comparing them to tho…
Music IP Holdings (MIH), formed through a partnership between Universal Music Group (UMG) and Liquidax Capital, announced on Thursday (Aug. 20) that AI music start-ups Udio and GRAI are the first two …
Music IP Holdings, formed last year in partnership with Universal Music Group and Liquidax, has licensed a portfolio of more than 24 patents covering AI-generated music creation, moderation, watermark…
Universal Music Group (UMG) announced on Wednesday (Aug. 19) a partnership with AI-powered social music app Hook to allow user-generated remixes of songs in its repertoire, expanding Hook's licensed c…
Hook, an AI-powered music remixing app, has struck a licensing deal with Universal Music Group (UMG) to bring catalogs from Republic Records, Capitol Records, Virgin Music Group and more to its platfo…
Spotify began labeling AI-generated artist profiles with an 'AI Persona' badge on August 11, 2026, and will remove them from default recommendations in mid-September, after deleting over 75 million sp…
Round Hill Music, an independent publisher managing a catalog worth $1.1 billion, filed copyright infringement lawsuits on August 17 in the US District Court for the Northern District of California ag…
Suno, the AI-music generator sued by three major labels in 2024, announced a partnership and preemptive settlement with BMG, the fourth-largest music company, covering recorded music and publishing an…
AI music generator Suno has struck a licensing deal with music company BMG, paying for BMG's repertoire and training data use, as it prepares new label-backed models. BMG joins Warner Music Group in s…
Spotify's global head of artists, marketing & policy, Sam Duboff, said the company is betting on human artistry and building AI products that respect copyright, aligning with Australia's recent commit…
Spotify will label accounts that produce AI-generated music with an 'AI Persona' badge starting mid-September, and such profiles will be excluded from algorithmic recommendations, the company announce…
Spotify will affix 'AI Persona' labels to artist profiles it determines are AI-generated starting in mid-September, excluding them from algorithmic recommendations, as part of its effort to combat fak…
AI music company Suno will impose download limits starting Sept. 3, capping free users at seven total downloads, Pro subscribers at 20 per month, and Premier subscribers at 60 per month, as part of an…
Suno, the AI music generation service, announced it will start watermarking and fingerprinting songs created on its platform, limit downloads, and update community guidelines to prevent copycat songs,…
Spotify reported 777 million total users and 300 million paid premium subscribers in its latest quarter, but its stock price plunged 8% as the company disclosed increased expenses tied to AI-driven fe…
Spotify Technology S.A. announced during its second-quarter earnings call on Tuesday that Merlin, a licensing partner for independent labels and distributors, has joined Universal Music Group (UMG) in…
IFPI began applying new eligibility rules for AI-assisted recordings across the official charts it directly manages on July 30, following a July 29 proposal from a coalition of nearly a dozen record c…
Universal Music Group, Sony Music, and Warner Music Group, along with other major labels, proposed global principles requiring songs to be 'substantially human made' to qualify for official music char…
The Munich Regional Court ruled that Suno, a Massachusetts-based generative music platform, violated German and U.S. copyright law by training its AI on songs from GEMA's repertoire without a license.…
A coalition of record labels including Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony Music proposed new guidelines on Wednesday requiring AI-generated tracks to be "substantially human made" and…