News Spotify wins dismissal of lawsuit claiming it allowed ‘billions’ of fraudulent Drake streams In November 2025, rapper RBX claimed Spotify failed to curb "mass-scale fraudulent streaming," stripping royalties from other rights holders.
News Tech startup RTM Audio launches AI music detector UAI, which issues a signed certificate with every verdict RTM Audio was founded by mixing and mastering engineers Ohad Nissim, Teezio, and Calin Enache, alongside music attorney Matt Buser
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 Japan passes copyright reform giving performers and record companies royalties when recordings play in public, including overseas Until now, only songwriters, composers and music publishers were paid when their music was played as background music in Japanese venues.
News Adam Tiran named General Manager of Warner Music’s Africori as founder Yoel Kenan steps down as CEO WMG was fully acquired Africori in 2025
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 Spotify’s ‘Reserved’ ticketing feature launches in the US today under a multi-year Live Nation deal, starting with indie-pop artist Role Model Eligible Spotify subscribers will begin receiving notifications that two tour tickets have been set aside for them, with a purchasing window opening on June 23.
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.
News CISAC launches AVR+ to modernize how music in film and TV is tracked – and paid for The format is built on the Global Cue Sheet Standard 2.0 and turns that standard into a practical, implementation-ready tool for the first time.
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 Months after its AI virtual singer Wu AI-Hua went viral, Warner Music China doubles down on digital artists via strategic deal with Dream Maker Dream Maker says it has developed more than 3,000 virtual singers
News Warner Music launches ‘Listen Up’ artist accelerator to scale talent from APAC Warner is positioning Hong Kong artist Gareth.T as a proof point, with his single 'Glass' generating more than 250 million streams in its first month.
News Superfan platform EVEN partners with Cinq Music to bring D2C tools to indie company’s global artist roster The Cinq deal follows a run of distributor and label partnerships for EVEN over the past year.
News US appeals court revives copyright case against Ricky Martin over 2014 FIFA World Cup album track ‘Vida’ An appeals court vacated a lower court order that had granted Martin summary judgment against songwriter Luis Adrián Cortés-Ramos.
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.