News Suno’s latest legal opponent fought the tobacco industry – and won a quarter of a trillion dollars Hagens Berman has joined forces with Delgado Entertainment Law to represent indie artists whose recordings were allegedly copied without permission.
News Irving Azoff’s Music Artists Coalition among 31 groups warning against ‘misuse’ of artist and songwriter rights in AI deals Orgs representing artists, songwriters and music managers issue open letter over AI deals
News 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...
News Major labels in Canada win site-blocking order targeting stream-ripping platforms – a first for the country’s music industry ISPs are ordered to block stream-ripping domains including Y2mate.ws, YTmp3.lat, Savefrom.space, and Spowload.cc.
News NO FAKES: Senate panel backs bill that could cost platforms $750k per AI deepfake The US Senate Judiciary Committee has advanced the NO FAKES Act
News South Korea launches $2.2M fund to help indie K-Pop agencies expand overseas Each selected agency will receive up to 300 million won ($197,000) annually for up to three years.
Analysis News A landmark bill targeting AI deepfakes faces a US Senate Judiciary Committee vote on June 18. Five things to know about the NO FAKES Act. The bill would create, for the first time in US federal law, an intellectual property right in a person's voice and visual likeness.
News Copyright lawsuit against Meta over Eminem songs to proceed on direct infringement claim – with up to $109M at stake A federal judge has narrowed the copyright lawsuit that Eight Mile Style filed against Meta Platforms
News Sir Lucian Grainge and Bang Si-hyuk talk UMG’s partnership with HYBE, AI, and the future of music at town hall event in Seoul Grainge said that while AI would unlock new opportunities, great music and great people would remain at the center of every successful music company.
Interviews Ashley Gorley talks country music’s global appeal and mentoring Nashville’s next generation of hitmakers at indie pubco Tape Room MBW's Trailblazers series meets Ashley Gorley – hit songwriter and founder of Tape Room Music.
News Four music datasets holding millions of tracks are being shared among AI developers, The Atlantic reports The collections were identified by The Atlantic's Alex Reisner, who reported that they are circulating within the AI-development community.
News Tech startup Artist Included launches with plan to re-record classic songs using AI. First up: Karma Chameleon with Boy George Artist Included was founded by entrepreneur Paul "PK" Kemsley and entertainment attorney and film producer Jeremy Rosen.
News YouTube launches Music Nights concert series, turning album releases into live fan events The series turns artists' album releases into filmed live shows at intimate venues, which stream on YouTube for fans worldwide.
News ‘Michael’ becomes highest-grossing music biopic in history – overtaking ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ with $911M+ at global box office Total comprises $358.6M domestically and $553.3M from international markets
News Lionel Richie files to trademark the sound of his voice, following Taylor Swift amid AI deepfake crackdown The four-time Grammy winner filed four applications, each covering audio of him saying a phrase drawn from his songs.