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Jamendo Abruptly Drops Their Suno Copyright Infringement Lawsuit — With EDM Duo The American Dollar Also Ending Their Litigation

August 14, 2026

Just months after being filed, two copyright infringement lawsuits against Suno – one submitted by artists The American Dollar, another by Jamendo – have abruptly ended. Both the Queens-based duo and Winamp’... Read More...

Live Nation lawsuit vs. online merch counterfeiters

Live Nation’s War Against Shadowy Merch Counterfeiters Continues

Ashley King

August 10, 2026

Live Nation subsidiary Merch Traffic files a trademark lawsuit against an anonymous group of online sellers with allegations of counterfeiting. Live Nation Entertainment subsidiary Merch Traffic, LLC, has fi... Read More...

Federal Judge Partially Tosses Designer Shoe Warehouse’s Lawsuit Against Sony Music — As the Wider Social Media Infringement Battle Rages On

Dylan Smith

August 7, 2026

A year and change later, a federal judge has partially dismissed the declaratory judgment complaint filed by Designer Shoe Warehouse (DSW) against Sony Music, Universal Music, and BMG. However, the wider copy... Read More...

Anthropic Pushes for Partial Dismissal in ‘Concord II,’ Says No Direct Infringement Evidence Exists Against Cofounder Dario Amodei

Dylan Smith

August 5, 2026

Anthropic is looking to chip away at the second copyright suit it's facing from major music publishers including Concord – in part by urging the court to toss a direct infringement claim centering on co-fou... Read More...

Federal Judge Rejects ‘Woulard v. Udio’ Dismissal Request, Transfers the Class Action Suit to New York

Dylan Smith

August 5, 2026

Udio has come up short in its attempt to toss the copyright class action lawsuit filed by indie artists including Attack the Sound frontman David Woulard, but the case is being transferred to the Southern Dis... Read More...

South Korea’s KOMCA Reverses AI Music Copyright Ban, Confirms AI-Assisted Works Are Now Eligible for Registration

Dylan Smith

August 4, 2026

16 months later, the Korea Music Copyright Association (KOMCA) has walked back its zero-tolerance artificial intelligence policy by allowing the registration of AI-assisted musical works. KOMCA announced th... Read More...

Grande Communications Demands $4 Million from the Major Labels as UMG v. Grande Winds Down

Dylan Smith

August 3, 2026

The hunted has become the hunter in UMG v. Grande, where the ISP is urging an appeals court to issue a definitive decision in and award it costs from the nearly decade-long legal battle. Both Grande (which h... Read More...

GEMA Notches a Major Legal Win Over Suno in High-Stakes Infringement Case — AI Music Platform Preps Appeal

Dylan Smith

July 31, 2026

Germany’s GEMA has notched another AI legal victory – this time over Suno, which the Munich Regional Court has reportedly ordered to disclose its revenue and pay damages. Meanwhile, the music-generation start... Read More...

11th Edition of Donald Passman's music industry bible, All You Need to Know About the Music Business.

Claude Trained on 10 Editions of Donald Passman’s Music Industry Bible Without His Permission. His Payout from Anthropic? $5,000.

Paul Resnikoff

July 29, 2026

Since 1991, music industry attorney Donald Passman has sold more than half a million copies of his industry survival guide, All You Need to Know About the Music Business. Thanks to a court decision this week,... Read More...

In Case You Haven’t Noticed, the Music Industry Is Exploding Everywhere All at Once. But Who Will Power the New ‘Chaos Economy’ Infrastructure?

Paul Resnikoff

July 22, 2026

It’s a dizzying time to be in the music industry, with catalog investments, creative outputs, and AI-generated mayhem part of a pedal-to-the-metal explosion. On the ground, that means more companies are battl... Read More...

High-Stakes Direct Infringement Claims Take Center Stage in Dialed-Back Concord v. Anthropic Copyright Cases

Dylan Smith

July 22, 2026

Major music publishers including BMG/Concord are doubling down on their copyright claims against Anthropic, which is now facing dialed-back secondary infringement allegations and high-stakes direct infringeme... Read More...

Sony Music Fires Off Supersized Infringement Lawsuit Against Udio — Doubling Down on Its Fair Use Arguments, DMCA Claims, and More

Dylan Smith

July 20, 2026

Weeks after a federal court rejected Sony Music’s request to supersize its Udio copyright lawsuit, the major label has responded by firing off a fresh complaint alleging the infringement of over 30,000 record... Read More...

SRR Capital Launches With a VC-Style Approach to Music Investing

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Kroger Moves to Toss Sony Music-Led Infringement Lawsuit, Arguing Cox v. Sony Invalidates Everything

JYP Entertainment Sues Distributor OneSync Over the Alleged Infringement of Stray Kids Member Han’s ‘Back to Life’

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Billboard Owner Penske Media Officially Appeals AI-Focused Google Antitrust Lawsuit Dismissal

BTS Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Over ‘Swim’ Abruptly Dropped After a Few Months

Jamendo Abruptly Drops Their Suno Copyright Infringement Lawsuit — With EDM Duo The American Dollar Also Ending Their Litigation

Live Nation’s War Against Shadowy Merch Counterfeiters Continues

Federal Judge Partially Tosses Designer Shoe Warehouse’s Lawsuit Against Sony Music — As the Wider Social Media Infringement Battle Rages On

Anthropic Pushes for Partial Dismissal in ‘Concord II,’ Says No Direct Infringement Evidence Exists Against Cofounder Dario Amodei

Federal Judge Rejects ‘Woulard v. Udio’ Dismissal Request, Transfers the Class Action Suit to New York

South Korea’s KOMCA Reverses AI Music Copyright Ban, Confirms AI-Assisted Works Are Now Eligible for Registration

Grande Communications Demands $4 Million from the Major Labels as UMG v. Grande Winds Down

GEMA Notches a Major Legal Win Over Suno in High-Stakes Infringement Case — AI Music Platform Preps Appeal

Claude Trained on 10 Editions of Donald Passman’s Music Industry Bible Without His Permission. His Payout from Anthropic? $5,000.

In Case You Haven’t Noticed, the Music Industry Is Exploding Everywhere All at Once. But Who Will Power the New ‘Chaos Economy’ Infrastructure?

High-Stakes Direct Infringement Claims Take Center Stage in Dialed-Back Concord v. Anthropic Copyright Cases

Sony Music Fires Off Supersized Infringement Lawsuit Against Udio — Doubling Down on Its Fair Use Arguments, DMCA Claims, and More