Universal Music Group In The News

‘India at its core is a song-driven economy, moving toward a personality-led, show business economy.’

Times Music CEO Mandar Thakur talks catalog acquisitions, India’s subscription challenge, and why he believes Indian music’s biggest opportunity lies abroad...

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Suno muscles into vinyl market, plans to let users press their AI songs onto 12-inch records

Company has opened a waitlist for Suno Vinyl, a service that turns songs made on its platform into physical records

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Suno becomes first customer of Musixmatch’s Sentinel, which screens AI prompts and outputs for copyrighted material

Suno has integrated the technology to identify when copyrighted compositions, lyrics, and music may be present, Musixmatch said on Thursday (August 6).

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Anthropic seeks partial dismissal in music publishers’ $3B lyrics suit – as CEO moves to drop the direct-infringement claim against him

The two filings target the case that Concord Music Group, Universal Music Publishing Group and ABKCO are pursuing over more than 20,000 songs.

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UMG asks court to dismiss US musicians’ union lawsuit over Udio AI deal

Universal Music has asked a federal court to dismiss the lawsuit brought against it by the American Federation of Musicians

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Court declines to dismiss independent artists’ copyright class action against Udio – but moves the case from Illinois to New York

A federal judge has declined to dismiss the copyright class action brought against AI music generator Udio

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Saregama, India’s oldest label, is using AI to make music videos for songs whose visuals it never owned – and refresh its catalog for Gen Z

Saregama's Managing Director was speaking on the firm's Q2 2026 earnings call

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South Korea’s KOMCA ends ban on AI-assisted songs – false filings now risk royalty holds and contract termination

The amended rules took effect on Monday (August 3), replacing a ban that KOMCA had applied since March 24, 2025.