A bill moving through Congress could change who controls the US Copyright Office. Here’s why it matters for the music business.
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‘Blurred Lines’ copyright lawyer Richard Busch joins law firm Adams & Reese as Special Counsel
Richard Busch, the entertainment lawyer who won the landmark Blurred Lines case and is now fighting Universal Music Group on ...
Suno moves to keep size of its AI training data sealed in UMG and Sony’s copyright case, citing ‘competitive harm’
Suno has asked a federal court to keep secret the exact number of audio files it used to train its ...
Wixen doubles damages demand to $102M in expanded copyright lawsuit against Meta
Wixen Music Publishing has filed an amended complaint against Meta Platforms, more than doubling both its damages demand and the ...
Tencent Music took down over 250,000 songs and reviewed 600,000+ ‘high-risk’ copyright cases in 2025 amid ’emerging AI risks’
Tencent Music Entertainment, China’s largest music streaming service provider, says it took down more than 250,000 policy-violating songs and reviewed ...
Kanye West “Hurricane” Copyright Infringement Trial: “Snubbed” Musicians Ask For Half A Million Dollars
Kanye West has been hit with more than a dozen copyright infringement lawsuits over his controversial career. Now one has ...
From 75,000 AI tracks hitting Deezer daily to UMG’s copyright lawsuit against Quince… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up
Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s Weekly Round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit ...
Record labels’ $2B+ copyright lawsuit against Verizon jointly dismissed in wake of Supreme Court’s Cox ruling
The copyright infringement lawsuit brought by Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and ABKCO against internet service provider ...
How will the major labels overcome the copyright threat from AI music? By turning to the most powerful weapon available: AI itself.
Allow us to make a prediction.In five years, the major music companies will not only be scouring the web for ...
A folk musician had her voice cloned by AI – and her recordings claimed by a copyright troll. Welcome to 2026.
The music industry’s latest collision with AI technology has arrived — and this time it involves voice cloning, copyright claims ...
