UMG Lawsuit Prompts DistroKid to Remove Music Before Any Court Ruling
DistroKid confirms limited music removals following UMG claims, highlighting the immediate distribution risks for independent artists while liability remains unresolved.
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Copyright Office Opens Formal Inquiry Into Music Streaming Fraud
The U.S. Copyright Office is seeking evidence on bot farms, artificial intelligence, royalty diversion and potential legal or regulatory responses to music streaming fraud.
Read MoreFederal Appeals Court Deals Copyright Owners Major AI Victory — But the Ruling Has Limits
The Third Circuit has affirmed Thomson Reuters’ copyright victory over Ross Intelligence in the first federal appellate fair-use ruling involving AI training, while expressly distinguishing Ross’ non-generative system from today’s generative AI models.
Read MoreCalifornia Makes AI Voice and Likeness Replicas Explicitly Subject to Publicity-Rights Law
California’s newly signed SB 1111 expressly covers digital voice and likeness replicas, with important exceptions for news and qualifications for advertising media.
Read MoreGoogle Defeats Penske and Chegg AI-Overview Antitrust Suits—but Copyright Questions Remain
A federal judge dismissed Penske and Chegg’s AI-search antitrust claims. The ruling does not resolve copyright questions over training, retrieval or generated summaries.
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Tokyo Court Says a Performer’s Voice Can Carry Publicity Rights—but Rejects AI-Clone Takedown Claim
A Tokyo court recognized potential publicity protection for a performer’s voice but rejected Kenjiro Tsuda’s takedown claim because the posts were already deleted.
Read MoreShanghai Court Makes AI Platform Prove the Source of a Cloned Voice
A Shanghai appeals decision underscores why AI voice providers need evidence of consent and lawful sourcing.
Read MoreFirst U.S. Appeals-Court AI Training Ruling Rejects Fair-Use Defense
The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a ruling that rejected fair use as a defense for using copyrighted Westlaw material to train a competing artificial-intelligence search tool.
Read MoreUniversal Music Group Names Òscar Celma SVP of Applied AI and Machine Learning
Universal Music Group has named Òscar Celma senior vice president of Applied AI and Machine Learning, adding a veteran of Spotify, Pandora/SiriusXM and Condé Nast to a senior technology role focused on artificial intelligence....
Read MoreQobuz Labels AI-Generated Music—but Artists Need a Right to Appeal
PARIS — Qobuz has begun placing a visible label on recordings its internal system identifies as generated by artificial intelligence, adding a new layer of disclosure—and a new potential source of conflict—inside music...
Read MoreSubmitHub Blocks AI-Detected Music From Promotion—and Offers No Appeal
Music-promotion platform SubmitHub has adopted one of the industry’s toughest policies on artificial-intelligence-generated music, automatically rejecting recordings its detection system rates as at least 85 percent likely to be...
Read MoreThe Radio Coach: AI Won’t Rescue Bad Radio
AI may be able to keep a station running around the clock, but technology cannot rescue weak content, poor targeting or the absence of a compelling reason to listen.
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