News Firebird launches $750M catalog buying fund backed by Ares and Raine Group Ares has also taken a minority stake in Firebird
Analysis Responsible AI must protect the human creativity that gives culture meaning The following MBW op/ed comes from Rasha Khalifa Al Mubarak, founder and chairwoman of UAE-based MusicNation
News Suno sued by Winamp subsidiary Jamendo over AI training, as firm files new copyright suit just a week after suing Nvidia Jamendo accuses Suno of the unauthorized use of musical content and associated data in the development and operation of its AI technologies.
News Beyoncé’s Parkwood wins dismissal of ‘Alien Superstar’ sample suit as plaintiff didn’t yet exist when it sued US District Judge Mark C. Scarsi granted Parkwood's motion to dismiss and threw out the entire action "for want of standing."
News Google says AI training is fair use and copyright should be policed on outputs, not inputs The tech giant has published a new policy paper outlining the company's preferred approach to AI regulation
News Blur drummer Dave Rowntree loses UK court appeal to revive ‘black box’ royalties claim against PRS for Music Rowntree's appeal in his proposed class action against PRS for Music has been dismissed
News TIDAL to automatically tag AI-generated music… and block it from earning royalties TIDAL is introducing an AI policy that will automatically tag wholly AI-generated music in its app
News Live Nation moves to push ex-exec’s $35m lawsuit out of court and into private arbitration Former EVP Nicholas Rumanes alleged he was fired in May 2025 in retaliation for flagging what his complaint called "serious corporate misconduct."
News Backstreet Boys file to trademark their voices, joining Taylor Swift and Lionel Richie in battle against AI deepfakes The application, made with the US Patent and Trademark Office, covers the group saying: “Hi, we’re the Backstreet Boys.”
News Anthropic, fighting lawsuits over alleged copying of song lyrics, accuses Alibaba of copying Claude to train a rival AI Anthropic says Alibaba-affiliated operators used nearly 25,000 fraudulent accounts to generate over 28.8 million exchanges with its Claude AI model.
News Deezer’s new in-app remix feature lets users speed up and modify tracks by Céline Dion and other artists ‘with full rights compliance’ Deezer says every remix is created with the explicit agreement of the artist, and that streams of remixed versions are attributed to the original work
News HarbourView acquires publisher’s share of select songs from Max Martin and Shellback’s Wolf Cousins collective The compositions include songs recorded by Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, The Weeknd, Imagine Dragons, Ellie Goulding, Tove Lo, DNCE and Demi Lovato.
News KGV Kiran Kumar promoted to Managing Director, India & Middle East at The Orchard Kumar was previously Managing Director, India at the company, a remit that also covered its operations in Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh.
News StubHub fined $1.2M by UK market watchdog over hidden fees, ordered to refund more than 50,000 customers The CMA said StubHub UK broke consumer law by adding mandatory charges only at the final stage of checkout, a practice known as drip pricing.
News Cortez Bryant invests in AI-powered artist management platform MNGRS.AI, joins company as Strategic Advisor Manager known for his work with Lil Wayne, Drake and Nicki Minaj becomes the startup's first US-based music industry investor.