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YouTube introduced a suite of new AI tools for creators. Here’s what they can do.

Platform unveiled various AI-powered tools at its Made on YouTube event

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Primary Wave strikes ‘multi-million-dollar’ catalog deal with estate of iconic songwriter P.F. Sloan

Primary Wave acquire Sloan’s publishing and writer’s share in his works, as well his master royalty income

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Jay-Z, Timbaland and Ginuwine beat copyright lawsuit over ‘Paper Chase’ and ‘Toe 2 Toe’

The lawsuit was brought by soul musician Ernie Hines

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Hari Nair appointed Chief Executive Officer of Tips Industries

Tips Industries appoints Sony and ByteDance veteran as CEO

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Estate of ‘Let’s Get It On’ co-writer drops appeal in Ed Sheeran ‘Thinking Out Loud’ copyright battle

Estate of Ed Townsend withdraws motion for appeal

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Zayn Malik sued for alleged copyright infringement over ‘Better’

Lawsuit filed by musician and songwriter Patrick Simmons, who goes by the stage name Havyn

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Now George R.R. Martin, John Grisham and other writers sue OpenAI for alleged copyright infringement

Lawsuits could have serious implications for all businesses that revolve around intellectual property, including music

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Proposed US bill would allow indie artists to negotiate collectively with streaming services, AI companies

The Protect Working Musicians Act of 2023 was introduced on Tuesday (September 19)

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Fan engagement app Afterparty.AI secures $5m in new funding, bringing total raised to $12m

Afterparty says the money will go towards developing its new AI-powered platform

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TikTok says it’s working on automatic AI content detection, as it rolls out new ‘AI-generated’ label for creators

TikTok rolls out new tool that will enable creators to label AI-generated content that they upload to the social media platform

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Motown songwriting legend Ron Miller’s family in legal fight over royalties

Ron Miller is known for having penned a number of Top 10 hits. His songs have been recorded by Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, The Temptations and even Justin Bieber

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Faze Clan CEO, Lee Trink, ousted as company’s stock sees 98% decline since IPO

Trink previously served as President of EMI Capitol Music Group and General Manager of Virgin Records

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Stability AI launches text-to-music generator trained on licensed content via a partnership with music library AudioSparx

The new text-to-music generator works by taking a series of cues input by a user and turning it into an audio track

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Believe says it’s distributed €700 million in royalties in APAC region, as it marks 10th anniversary of expansion into Asia

Believe's strategy is to focus on developing local artists in China, India and Southeast Asia.

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Universal just launched a fan platform in Germany that sounds a lot like its own version of Weverse. Here’s what’s in it…

Universal Music Germany has launched YOUniverse, a 'virtual and interactive fan platform…where fans can meet and interact, and in future even meet their idols'.