"China's Tencent Removed 250,000 Policy-Violating AI Songs During 2025 - On Thursday, May 7, Music Business Worldwide reported on environmental, social and governance (ESG) figures released by Chinese multimedia conglomerate Tencent Music Entertainment showing that the company, which is the largest provider of streaming music in China, removed more than 250,000 artificial intelligence (AI) generated songs violating its copyright policy during 2025, including 27,000 songs engaging in new forms of gray-market manipulation like song theft or trend hijacking."
"Overall, the company reviewed more than 600,000 cases of high-risk copyright content across its streaming services, according to the ESG figures released by Tencent Music Entertainment."
"This week in Other Barks & Bites: a Ninth Circuit majority affirms a summary judgment dismissing false representation claims over Circuit Judge Bumatay's dissent arguing that non-observable aspects of a product could support an actionable claim; a joint WIPO-IRENA report advances several recommendations to promote the electrification of the EU's heavy-duty road transport sector; China's Tencent removed more than 250,000 AI songs from its streams during 2025 for corporate policy violations; the USITC issues cease-and-desist orders to several respondents in a Section 337 case over semiconductors brought by Infineon; the Eleventh Circuit reverses a summary judgment ruling that had dismissed infringement claims brought by a licensee of photographs captured by Annie Liebovitz; and the USPTO extends its pilot program for expediting ex parte appeals by patent applicants into May 2028."
Tencent Music Entertainment reported ESG figures showing it removed more than 250,000 AI-generated songs violating its copyright policy during 2025. The removals included 27,000 songs involving new forms of gray-market manipulation such as song theft or trend hijacking. The company reviewed more than 600,000 cases of high-risk copyright content across its streaming services. The broader set of updates also includes court decisions affecting false representation claims, patent and copyright infringement disputes, and Section 337 semiconductor enforcement actions. Additional developments include WIPO-IRENA recommendations for electrifying heavy-duty road transport in the EU and a USPTO extension of a pilot program for expediting ex parte appeals.
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