Music Business News: Germany

From Universal Music’s $3.83B quarter to Suno’s German court defeat… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up

The biggest headlines from the past few days...

Suno loses copyright infringement lawsuit brought by GEMA in Germany

AI music generator Suno has lost the copyright infringement lawsuit brought by German collecting society GEMA. The collecting society alleged that Suno used, stored and reproduced copyrighted music to train its AI tool without a license or payment to the rightsholders. Reuters reported on Friday morning (July 31) that the Munich Regional Court found Suno … Continued

As GEMA awaits its Suno copyright verdict, the German collecting society launches ‘PLAI’ – a fully licensed dataset for training AI music tools

AI music transcription company Klangio is the dataset's first customer.

Timo Hoffmann named Head of A&R, Germany at Frontiers Label Group

Hoffmann held roles in PR, catalog management, marketing, and product management at AFM Records and Atomic Fire Records / Reigning Phoenix Music.

Warner’s ADA Central Europe strikes exclusive distribution deal with Berlin label AIM Music

ADA Central Europe will handle global distribution, streaming strategy, and marketing across AIM Music's full roster.

From Lionel Richie’s voice trademark bid to the Michael Jackson biopic box-office record… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up

The biggest headlines from the past few days...

BMG/Concord merger approved by competition authorities in United States and Germany (report)

Deal cleared in US, Reuters reports, after official approval in Germany

BMG acquires publishing interests of Luca Anzilotti, co-founder of Eurodance group Snap!

BMG acquired the recorded music catalog of Snap! in 2018.