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Introducing UMG the Patent Licensor: Major Label’s ‘Music IP Holdings’ JV Licenses 24+ AI Patents to Udio and GRAI, Targ...

13 months after unveiling plans “to greatly expand” its patent portfolio under a Liquidax Capital joint venture, Universal Music Group (UMG) has officially licensed the AI-focused...

AI Music: Coming of Age. Why the Next Music Revolution May Be Bigger Than Napster

AI music has entered a new phase. Major record companies that initially focused on litigation are now building licensed creation platforms, artist opt-in frameworks, and attributio...

Sony Music Fires Off Supersized Infringement Lawsuit Against Udio — Doubling Down on Its Fair Use Arguments, DMCA Claims...

Weeks after a federal court rejected Sony Music’s request to supersize its Udio copyright lawsuit, the major label has responded by firing off a fresh complaint alleging the infrin...

Udio Chooses BuyDRM to Protect and Scale its AI Music Platform

Udio Chooses BuyDRM to Protect and Scale its AI Music Platform

Muvox Drops Its BMG Song-Selection Complaint, Then Sues Amazon and Apple for Allegedly Infringing the Same Patent

Two years later, the Muvox v. BMG patent infringement case has drawn to an abrupt close. But Muvox isn’t finished taking legal action, as it’s fired off two more complaints – this...

Udio taps content-security BuyDRM to secure its AI music ‘walled garden’

BuyDRM will provide multi-DRM support across Google Widevine, Apple FairPlay, and Microsoft PlayReady through its KeyOS MultiKey Service. Source

On… Universal Music Group, Downtown, India, and Streaming 2.0

The latest 'Tim's Take' from Music Business Worldwide founder, Tim Ingham Source

Universal Music Group: Strong Rights Economics, With Multiple Ways To Monetize

Udio and GRAI Adopt UMG and Liquidax-Backed AI Music Patents

The move gives UMG and its partners more control over how copyrights are used and compensated by participating AI models.

Scan and Groove Goes Live, Turning Local Retail into Music Discovery

Scan and Groove, the retail product that lets shops and stalls offer customers free music through a simple scan, is now live at ScanandGroove.com. It […]

Music Reports Marks 10 Years of Songdex Marketplace and Driving Scalable Music Licensing

Music Reports is marking a decade since the release of Songdex Marketplace, a platform designed to simplify music licensing at scale. The Songdex name stands for more than just the...

AI music company joins the vinyl record resurgence

AI music company Suno plans to press users' generated tracks onto 12-inch records for about $45, moving into vinyl as copyright suits from Universal and Sony continue.

NetEase Cloud Music and Warner Music Group Announce Strategic Multi-Year Licensing Renewal

Warner Music Group and NetEase Cloud Music announce the renewal of their strategic multi-year licensing agreement, deepening their partnership. Warner Music Group (WMG) and NetEase...

Charli XCX Releases a Bunch of Album B-Sides—On iTunes

After withholding her B-side tracks from streaming platforms, Charli XCX has released them on Apple Music—or as she still likes to call it, iTunes. Earlier this year, Charli XCX sa...

Sony Music Entertainment files new lawsuit against AI startup Udio

Sony Music Entertainment on Monday filed a new lawsuit against AI startup Udio, alleging the company infringed on the copyrights of more than 30,000 recordings.

Amidst AI-Music War, Suno Finds Another Industry Partner in BMG

Two out of three major labels are still suing AI-music giant Suno, but the company is partnering with the fourth-largest music company, BMG, on new models

Beatport Confirms Ban on ‘Fully or Majority AI-Generated Music,’ Adds AI Tags Under Expanded Beatdapp Deal

Beatport has officially added AI tags – and committed to booting “fully or majority AI-generated music” – under an expanded Beatdapp partnership. Denver-based Beatport and Vancouve...

Spotify, YouTube, Apple, and Amazon Just Love the Labels’ AI-Tagging Program—If Only They Could Get the Metadata to Work

The trade association representing music streamers issued a response to the recorded music industry’s announcement of a new AI labeling program. Trade organization Digital Media As...

The End of the Definitive Recording

Every musician knows the moment. After weeks, months, sometimes years of writing, recording, editing, overdubbing, mixing, second-guessing, remixing, mastering, unmastering, remast...

Apple Music To Stamp “Made With AI” Label On Music Made With Suno

‘Materially generated’ music is set for a tag on Apple Music! The music streaming giant has told its partners that tracks that meet the criterion on AI platforms like Suno will bea...

Cinq Music acquires D’Banj’s catalog in C.R.E.A.M talent partnership

C.R.E.A.M, which launched in 2016, says it has more than seven million subscribers across Nigeria. Source

Amazon Music Scores a Major Samsung Inclusion Deal; App Pre-Installs Coming to Millions of Devices

Samsung has launched a strategic collaboration with Amazon Music to bring the app to the Galaxy Store and pre-install it on millions of Samsung devices. Samsung has announced a str...

Universal Music: Ownership Of Music Is Currently Underestimated

SoundCloud Adds On-Platform Support for Paid Downloads, Says Artists Will ‘Keep 100% of Each Sale’

SoundCloud has rolled out a limited beta for on-platform paid downloads, with eligible artists expected to “keep 100% of each sale.” The increasingly superfan-geared platform kicke...