Digital Dunkirk

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• The music industry is all in on AI
• OpenAI’s Smackdown by a German Court Hints at What’s Next for AI and Art
• Udio vs Suno (2025): Which Fits Your Workflow?
• Warner Music Group partners with Suno to offer AI likenesses of its artists
• Suno vs Udio: The Battle for AI Music Supremacy
• SoundBetter Tracks
• Growing the Value of Music for Artists and Songwriters
• Disney Is About To Embrace Generative AI—And The Internet Is Furious
• Warner Music Settles with Udio, Suno Hits $2.45B Valuation in AI Music Boom
• SUNO WILL BE READING ROBERT KYNCL’S NEW BLOG POST VERY CLOSELY, AS WMG CEO VOWS TO ‘LEGISLATE, LITIGATE, LICENSE’ IN THE ERA OF AI MUSIC CREATION
• Warner Music Group and Stability AI Join Forces To Build The Next Generation Of Responsible AI Tools For Music Creation
• AI PLATFORM KLAY SIGNS LICENSING DEALS WITH UMG, WMG, SONY FOR RECORDED MUSIC & PUBLISHING RIGHTS
• Official Spotify song remixing coming, so artists get paid (kinda)
• WARNER MUSIC GROUP STRIKES ‘LANDMARK’ DEAL WITH SUNO; SETTLES COPYRIGHT LAWSUIT AGAINST AI MUSIC GENERATOR
• WARNER MUSIC GROUP AND SUNO FORGE GROUNDBREAKING PARTNERSHIP

10 Misconceptions

 

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• As Washington Debates Major Tech and AI Policy Changes, Big Tech's Lobbying is Relentless

• AI Laws in the US: 2025 Overview

• Fair Use and AI Training: Two Recent Decisions Highlight the Complexity of This Issue

• EU copyright law

• ‘IT IS UNETHICAL FOR GENERATIVE AI COMPANIES TO MAKE MONEY OFF THE BACKS OF ARTISTS AND SONGWRITERS, WITHOUT COMPENSATION OR ATTRIBUTION.’

• THE AI MUSIC PROBLEM ON SPOTIFY (AND OTHER STREAMING PLATFORMS) IS WORSE THAN YOU THINK

• ai slop tops billboard and spotify charts
• U.S. AI Law Tracker – All States
• States Can Continue Regulating AI—For Now
• Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
• PRESIDENT TRUMP FIRED HEAD OF US COPYRIGHT OFFICE
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• u.s. copyright office practices
• Unsigned and Unsettled: Can the Office Register Without a Register?
• GENERATIVE AI MUSIC MARKET TO BE WORTH $3BN BY 2028, SAYS REPORT COMMISSIONED BY SACEM AND GEMA
• AS AI ARTISTS BREAKING RUST & CAIN WALKER RULE A COUNTRY CHART, NASHVILLE EXECS WEIGH IN: ‘IT’S INCREDIBLY DETRIMENTAL’
• UMG CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER ON AI MUSIC: ‘IF YOU DON’T CLAIM A SEAT AT THE DINNER TABLE, YOU MIGHT WIND UP ON THE MENU’
• Shira Perlmutter
• Thaler v. Perlmutter: SCOTUS petition tests the "human-only rule" for AI works
• A Landmark Ruling: U.S. Copyright Office Grants Protection to AI-Assisted Artwork
• The Register of the Copyright OfficeC
• No One Is in Charge at the US Copyright Office
• Audio Diffusion: Generative Music’s Secret Sauce
• AN AI ARTIST SIGNED A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR RECORD DEAL. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
• ‘Please regulate AI:' Artists push for U.S. copyright reforms but tech industry says not so fast
• Spotify And UMG Rigged The Game a Long Time Ago
• House Republicans include a 10-year ban on US states regulating AI in ‘big, beautiful’ bill

AI CREEP IN ASCAP, BMI, AND SECAN

 

AI CREEP IN ASCAP, BMI, AND SECAN

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• Joint Statement: http://www.ascap.com/press/2025/10/10-28-ai-registration-policies
• ASCAP, BMI, and SOCAN Announce New AI Rules, Confirm They’ll ‘Accept Registrations of Partially AI-Generated Musical Works’
• ASCAP, BMI, SOCAN Announce AI Registration Policies
• ASCAP, BMI, and SOCAN Announce New AI Rules, Confirm They’ll ‘Accept Registrations of Partially AI-Generated Musical Works’
• TROY’s music department seeing AI creep into classrooms
• Concord Music Group, et al. v. Anthropic PBC
• Taylor Swift & AI Governance: An Unlikely Alliance
• US COPYRIGHT OFFICE LAUNCHES INQUIRY INTO PERFORMANCE RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS
• Pointing out the implications of ‘AI creep’
• Want to register machine-made works with PROs? Feel free, as BMI, ASCAP, and SOCAN alike have updated their policies to accept “compositions partially generated” by AI.
• Music’s Gatekeepers Open the Door for AI, But Humans Keep the Keys
• Mac DeMarco Sounds Off on AI’s Creep into Music

UDIO Joins UMG and Deserts Subscribers

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• Suno seeks same discovery from music labels as Udio:
• UMG-Udio Deal FAQ: What Questions Remain About the AI Agreement That's Shaken Up the Music Biz?
• UMG just made peace with AI music—and might start streaming it right to your ears
• UMG and Udio Reach Agreement for 'New Licensed AI Music Creation Platform'
• Universal Music Settles Udio Lawsuit, Partners With Stability AI to Develop ‘Next-Generation Music Creation Tools’
• Universal Music Group settles with AI music startup Udio
• Universal Music Group Settles Major AI Lawsuit With Udio After Song Theft Claims
• ‘ABSOLUTE BETRAYAL’: UDIO USERS ARE UP IN ARMS ABOUT UMG DEAL TERMS. COULD LEGAL CLAIMS BE NEXT?
• UDIO SAYS USERS CAN DOWNLOAD AI SONGS FOR 48 HOURS AFTER BACKLASH TO UMG LEGAL SETTLEMENT
• AFTER UDIO-UNIVERSAL SETTLEMENT, AI MUSIC LAWSUITS AREN’T OVER: WHAT HAPPENS NOW?