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Intellectual property law
fromTNW | Amazon
18 hours ago

YouTubers sue Amazon for allegedly scraping their videos to train Nova Reel

Three YouTube creators filed a lawsuit against Amazon for allegedly scraping their videos to train a generative AI model without consent.
#ai-music
fromThe Verge
2 days ago
Music production

Suno and major music labels clash over AI music sharing

Suno struggles to secure licensing deals with major music labels over user sharing of AI-generated songs.
fromThe Verge
4 days ago
Music production

Suno is a music copyright nightmare

Suno's copyright filters can be easily bypassed, allowing users to create AI-generated covers of popular songs without permission.
Music production
fromThe Verge
4 days ago

Suno is a music copyright nightmare

Suno's copyright filters can be easily bypassed, allowing users to create AI-generated covers of popular songs without permission.
#spotify
fromInfoQ
2 days ago
Privacy professionals

Inside Spotify's 2025 Wrapped Archive: AI Narratives at Scale and the Privacy TradeOff

Marketing tech
fromAdExchanger
1 week ago

Johnny On The Spotify; DOJ Closes The Book On A Rental Ads Scam | AdExchanger

Spotify's ad business faces challenges due to preference for direct podcast deals and lagging audio ad spend.
US politics
fromJezebel
3 months ago

Spotify's Continued Platforming of ICE Is Indefensible

Spotify's free tier runs ICE recruitment ads, prompting demands to end government recruitment advertising and update ad policy after a deadly ICE operation.
Music
fromLos Angeles Times
2 months ago

Spotify paid out a record $11 billion into the music industry last year

Spotify paid over $11 billion in one year, totaling nearly $70 billion in payouts, fueling streaming revenue growth and increasing artist earnings.
Privacy professionals
fromInfoQ
2 days ago

Inside Spotify's 2025 Wrapped Archive: AI Narratives at Scale and the Privacy TradeOff

Spotify's 2025 Wrapped Archive generates personalized reports for users, emphasizing narrative recaps while raising privacy concerns.
Marketing tech
fromAdExchanger
1 week ago

Johnny On The Spotify; DOJ Closes The Book On A Rental Ads Scam | AdExchanger

Spotify's ad business faces challenges due to preference for direct podcast deals and lagging audio ad spend.
fromFortune
1 day ago

One fan secretly recorded 10,000 concerts over 40 years. Now volunteers are racing to save the tapes before they disintegrate | Fortune

The growing Aadam Jacobs Collection is an internet treasure trove for music lovers, especially for fans of indie and punk rock during the 1980s through the early 2000s.
NYC music
Music
fromFast Company
2 days ago

UMG stock price soars after Bill Ackman offers to buy the music giant behind Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny

Bill Ackman's proposal could significantly increase UMG's share value and transform it into a U.S.-listed corporation.
Media industry
fromwww.businessinsider.com
1 week ago

From Madonna photo ops to bankruptcy: the publisher that owes Bob Dylan blames 'predatory' lenders

Callaway Arts & Entertainment filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, blaming predatory lenders and the COVID-19 pandemic for its financial troubles.
#music-industry
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago
Music

I'm the CEO of Big Machine Records. I've worked with artists like Taylor Swift and Rascal Flatts - here's a day in my life.

Music production
fromFast Company
2 days ago

The future of music is human-generated

The music industry's value is shifting from songs to the human connection behind performances as AI-generated music becomes abundant.
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago
Music

I'm the CEO of Big Machine Records. I've worked with artists like Taylor Swift and Rascal Flatts - here's a day in my life.

#taylor-swift
NYC music
fromFast Company
1 week ago

A Vegas showgirl just sued Taylor Swift-and Swifties are not having it

Taylor Swift is being sued by Maren Wade for alleged similarities between Swift's album and Wade's show, 'Confessions of a Showgirl.'
Music
fromBustle
3 weeks ago

Bruno Mars Addressed A Claim That He Thinks Taylor Swift Is "Talentless"

Bruno Mars publicly defended Taylor Swift against false claims she was called talentless, affirming his support and admiration for her.
NYC music
fromFast Company
1 week ago

A Vegas showgirl just sued Taylor Swift-and Swifties are not having it

Taylor Swift is being sued by Maren Wade for alleged similarities between Swift's album and Wade's show, 'Confessions of a Showgirl.'
Music
fromBustle
3 weeks ago

Bruno Mars Addressed A Claim That He Thinks Taylor Swift Is "Talentless"

Bruno Mars publicly defended Taylor Swift against false claims she was called talentless, affirming his support and admiration for her.
#trademark
Music production
fromThe Verge
5 days ago

A folk musician became a target for AI fakes and a copyright troll

AI-generated covers of public domain songs were uploaded to streaming platforms under Murphy Campbell's name, leading to copyright issues.
Madrid food
fromenglish.elpais.com
3 weeks ago

Sold out' as a fictional story: How the music industry learned to sell success even when it didn't exist

Sold-out signs in Spain's live music industry function as marketing tools rather than accurate capacity indicators, with venues using modular configurations and guest lists to artificially create sold-out narratives that legitimize events regardless of actual financial performance.
Music
fromPitchfork
3 weeks ago

Sturgill Simpson Promises to Punish "Miserable Shitasses" Who Leaked His Album

Sturgill Simpson, now performing as Johnny Blue Skies, discovered an unauthorized seller posting his album Mutiny After Midnight on Bandcamp and vowed to pursue legal action and refund affected customers.
Intellectual property law
fromComputerworld
3 weeks ago

Music giant BMG sues Anthropic over AI training

BMG sued Anthropic for training Claude AI models on copyrighted song lyrics from torrent sites without authorization, citing 493 instances of copyright infringement.
Media industry
fromVulture
1 month ago

Look What You All Did to Jack White

Jack White expresses frustration with media misrepresentation of his interview comments, citing clickbait culture and sensationalized headlines as reasons for withdrawing from press engagement.
Music production
fromLos Angeles Times
3 weeks ago

Music industry earned a record $11.5 billion in the U.S. last year, helped by vinyl and Taylor Swift

U.S. recording industry reached $11.5 billion in sales, driven by vinyl's surge past $1 billion and Taylor Swift's record-breaking album release.
Music
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

Sorry, Swifties. The Live Nation settlement won't help fans much.

Live Nation's DOJ antitrust settlement allows the company to retain Ticketmaster with minimal penalties and marginal business practice changes, leaving the concert industry's dominant structure largely intact.
Music production
fromRAIN News
3 weeks ago

"A good year" - MIDiA Research on the 2025 music market and "expanded rights"

Global recorded music revenue reached $39.5 billion in 2025, with expanded rights income driving 21.5% year-over-year growth and increasing overall market growth from 7.7% to 9.4%.
Music production
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

The Taylor Swift effect: US vinyl sales top $1bn for the first time since 1983

US vinyl sales exceeded $1 billion in annual revenue for the first time in over 40 years, driven by Taylor Swift's multi-variant album strategy and 19 consecutive years of format growth.
Music
fromLos Angeles Times
4 weeks ago

Spotify once had a reputation for underpaying music artists. It hopes to change that perception

Spotify transformed the music industry from crisis to growth, becoming the world's highest-paying music retailer with over $11 billion in annual payouts, with roughly half generated by independent artists.
Music production
fromRAIN News
3 weeks ago

Too Lost (music tech) receives funding for artist/label distribution & publishing

Too Lost, a New York music tech platform serving 450,000+ independent artists, secured strategic investment from GoldState Music and TA Associated while founders retain control and ownership.
Music
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

How gen Z women are conquering country music: Fans are speaking louder than gatekeepers'

Ella Langley and Megan Moroney became the first two women in country music to simultaneously top the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 charts, achieving historic success despite country radio's male-dominated landscape.
#copyright-infringement
fromTechCrunch
2 months ago
Intellectual property law

Music publishers sue Anthropic for $3B over 'flagrant piracy' of 20,000 works | TechCrunch

fromTechCrunch
2 months ago
Intellectual property law

Music publishers sue Anthropic for $3B over 'flagrant piracy' of 20,000 works | TechCrunch

Intellectual property law
fromFuturism
1 month ago

Lead Investor in Music Generation App Suno Deletes Tweet That Contradicts Its Argument in High Stakes Court Cases

AI music generation company Suno reached two million paid subscribers amid ongoing copyright lawsuits, with its fair use defense facing legal challenges from multiple jurisdictions.
Music
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

Harry Styles' New Album Narrowly Avoids Making the Same Mistake as Taylor Swift's

Harry Styles releases a darker, rhythm-driven album after a career peak, attempting to avoid the typical downward spiral that follows extreme fame by taking a two-year hiatus to reconnect with himself as a person rather than a performer.
fromEngadget
4 weeks ago

TikTok will let you stream full songs in its app if you're an Apple Music subscriber

TikTok will soon let you stream full songs in its app via a new integration with Apple Music. The company's new Play Full Song feature makes it possible to link your Apple Music account to TikTok, and play any song that strikes your fancy directly in the app while you're scrolling. Starting a song is as simple as tapping a button in the Sound Details page or your For You page.
Music production
Marketing
fromFast Company
2 months ago

With 1 word, Taylor Swift just explained how to be successful in work and life

Consistently overdeliver by exceeding expectations to earn deep loyalty, stronger relationships, and enthusiastic support from customers, employees, fans, and others.
#copyright
Film
fromFortune
2 months ago

Taylor Swift's secret text messages to Blake Lively revealed in court, relevance in dispute | Fortune

Blake Lively's texts and emails, including exchanges with Taylor Swift, were unsealed amid litigation accusing Justin Baldoni of harassment and reputation attacks.
New York City
fromFast Company
2 months ago

Digital ticketing was supposed to stop fraud, but ticket scams have gotten worse-just ask Taylor Swift

A 28-year-old ran over 1,000 fake ticket ads, defrauding more than 100 buyers and moving $120,000 through Venmo and Zelle.
Music
fromBrooklynVegan
1 month ago

Sturgill Simpson gives early YouTube release to album he said would only come out physically

Sturgill Simpson released his Johnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds album 'Mutiny After Midnight' on YouTube despite announcing it would be physical-only, calling it a dance record blending 1960s-70s soul and rock influences.
Mobile UX
fromGSMArena.com
1 month ago

YouTube Music now limits how many song lyrics you can see on a non-Premium account

YouTube Music restricts song lyrics behind Premium, limiting free users to a small, countdown-limited number of lyric views.
Law
fromPitchfork
2 months ago

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fromArs Technica
2 months ago

Spotify won court order against Anna's Archive, taking down .org domain

Spotify and major labels obtained a temporary restraining order that led to Anna's Archive .org domain suspension after a sealed lawsuit.
Intellectual property law
fromThe Verge
2 months ago

X accuses music publishers of 'weaponizing' DMCA takedowns

X is suing music publishers and the NMPA for alleged coercion and collusion over licensing, claiming DMCA takedown "weaponization" and seeking damages and an injunction.
Intellectual property law
fromAbove the Law
2 months ago

Mr. Worldwide: Artist Prevails In Fierce Battle Over The Copyright Act's Reclamation Right - Above the Law

U.S. law permits artists to reclaim copyrights after statutory periods to correct initial imbalances and pursue fairer licensing agreements.
fromThe IP Law Blog
2 months ago

The Briefing - The 2026 Forecast: Resolving Some of the Entertainment Industry's Open Legal Issues

As 2025 fades into the rearview mirror, many of the entertainment and media industry's biggest legal questions remain unresolved. In this episode of The Briefing, Weintraub Tobin partners Scott Hervey and Tara Sattler take a forward-looking approach to the cases and doctrines that could shape 2026. In this episode, they cover: The unsettled future of fair use in AI training and copyright infringement How courts are approaching lawful versus unlawful acquisition of training data The growing split in AI cases involving market substitution and fair use
Intellectual property law
#kim-petras
#britney-spears
Music
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

Britney Spears sells the rights to her music catalog

Britney Spears transferred rights to her early-2000s songs to Primary Wave for approximately $200 million, reflecting strong demand in the booming music-rights market.
Music
fromRAIN News
2 months ago

Streaming growth, vinyl dominance highlight Luminate 2025 report

Global music streams hit a record 5.1 trillion in 2025, driven by growth in the U.S., Mexico, Brazil and surging Latin, Rock, and Christian genres.
Music
fromRAIN News
1 month ago

Britney Spears sells catalog

Britney Spears reportedly sold rights to her music catalog to Primary Wave during a ten-year creative drought; terms and scope remain undisclosed and unconfirmed.
fromRAIN News
2 months ago

They're accused of stealing 86 million. (Songs.)

In an audacious action starting to attract media attention, last month a group of piracy actors called Anna's Archive copied about 86 million music files from Spotify. The intention was to release the hoard on the BitTorrent file-sharing platform. All three of the major labels (UMG, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Music Group), along with Spotify, launched the unsurprising lawsuit in September. The presiding judge, Jed . Rakoff, issued an injunction (HERE).
Music
Music
fromConsequence
2 months ago

Deftones Sell Most of Their Music Rights to Warner Music Group

Deftones sold most of their music rights to Warner Music Group, including master‑recording royalties, co‑publishing stake, and writer royalties; one member retained publishing stake.
Music
fromPitchfork
2 months ago

AI Music Is Here to Stay. How Do We Reckon With It?

Music platforms are increasingly policing AI-generated music, with Bandcamp banning tracks generated wholly or substantially by AI.
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