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What Major Label Litigation? AI Music Upstart Udio Launches ‘Audio-to-Audio’ Remixing

July 25, 2024

As the major label battle with generative AI music start-ups Suno and Udio heat up, the latter has released a new model with audio-to-audio remixing. Here’s the latest. Lawsuits filed by Sony Music, Warner M... Read More...

Music AI Upstarts Udio, Suno, Lawyer Up with Latham & Watkins as Major Label Legal Battles Gear Up

Ashley King

July 12, 2024

Two music AI startups hire Latham & Watkins, the firm representing Open AI and Anthropic, as legal battles with the major labels start heating up. GenAI music startups Suno and Udio have hired elite law ... Read More...

Anthropic CEO Doubles Down on Fair Use Defense—”The Law Will Back Us Up”

Ashley King

April 15, 2024

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says he believes that his company’s use of copyrighted works is sufficiently transformative and that “the law will back us up.” In a recent New York Times interview speaking to Ezr... Read More...

Music Publishers Fire Back Against Anthropic As Infringement Battle Heats Up: ‘Hard to Imagine a Machine More Destructive to Artistic Control’

Dylan Smith

February 16, 2024

Last November, Universal Music, ABKCO, Concord, and others demanded a preliminary injunction against Anthropic in connection with their copyright infringement lawsuit against the AI giant. Now, these plaintif... Read More...

Anthropic Fires Back Against Music Publishers’ Injunction Motion: ‘Using Copyrighted Content As Training Data for an LLM Is a Fair Use’

Dylan Smith

January 23, 2024

Two months back, music publishers including Universal Music, Concord, and ABKCO demanded a preliminary injunction against Anthropic amid an infringement legal battle. Now, the generative AI company has offici... Read More...

Major Labels Have the Fight of Their Lives Against AI Tech Giants — Elon Musk Says It’s Already Too Late

Paul Resnikoff

December 4, 2023

In our most recent DMN Pro Weekly report, Digital Music News tallied the tens of billions of dollars that AI giants have already amassed in funding. But that's not the biggest threat facing major labels as th... Read More...

Universal Music, Concord, and ABKCO Demand Preliminary Injunction in AI Infringement Suit: ‘Publishers Face Irreparable Harm if Anthropic’s Copying Is Not Enjoined’

Dylan Smith

November 17, 2023

Last month, Universal Music, Concord, ABKCO, and a number of affiliated publishers sued Anthropic for alleged infringement. Now, these plaintiffs are seeking a preliminary injunction to, among other things, c... Read More...

Google is reportedly in talks to finalize an investment of hundreds of millions into chatbot-creator startup Character.AI.

Google’s AI-Mania Continues: In Talks to Invest Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Character.AI

Raha Muhammad

November 13, 2023

Character.AI could gain incredible amounts of capital in Google-funded convertible notes. The move will deepen existing ties between the startup and Alphabet-owned Google (GOOGL), according to Reuters’ source... Read More...

Anthropic Says Copying Protected Works ‘As An Intermediate Step To Create a Non-Infringing Output Can Constitute Fair Use’

Dylan Smith

November 7, 2023

Weeks after being named in a music industry copyright suit, Anthropic has responded to a request for comment on “a number of copyright issues” pertaining to generative AI, claiming, among other things, that c... Read More...

As Google doles out $2 billion in funding, Anthropic has landed in an epic AI tug-of-war. Major labels are trying to pull it down, and tech giants Amazon and Google are fueling it for success.

What Massive Copyright Infringement? Google Commits $2 Billion in Funding to Anthropic

Raha Muhammad

October 30, 2023

Anthropic continues on its journey of gaining billions in backing, despite UMG, Concord, and ABKCO slapping a major copyright infringement lawsuit onto the AI Startup. For Google, the lawsuit is insignificant... Read More...

Universal Music Group and BMG Announce Potentially Far-Reaching ‘Alliance’ — With an Initial Focus on Physical Distribution

Dylan Smith

October 19, 2023

BMG and Universal Music Group (UMG) have officially partnered to “explore a range of collaborative initiatives.” First up: shifting the Bertelsmann subsidiary’s physical distribution to UMG’s Commercial Servi... Read More...

Universal Music Group, Concord, ABKCO Sue Amazon-Backed Anthropic AI for Copyright Infringement

Ashley King

October 18, 2023

Universal Music Group, Concord Music Group, and ABKCO are suing the Amazon-backed Anthropic AI over ‘systematic and widespread’ copyright infringement. UMG’s publishing arm Universal Music Publishing Group, ... Read More...

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What Major Label Litigation? AI Music Upstart Udio Launches ‘Audio-to-Audio’ Remixing

Music AI Upstarts Udio, Suno, Lawyer Up with Latham & Watkins as Major Label Legal Battles Gear Up

Anthropic CEO Doubles Down on Fair Use Defense—”The Law Will Back Us Up”

Music Publishers Fire Back Against Anthropic As Infringement Battle Heats Up: ‘Hard to Imagine a Machine More Destructive to Artistic Control’

Anthropic Fires Back Against Music Publishers’ Injunction Motion: ‘Using Copyrighted Content As Training Data for an LLM Is a Fair Use’

Major Labels Have the Fight of Their Lives Against AI Tech Giants — Elon Musk Says It’s Already Too Late

Universal Music, Concord, and ABKCO Demand Preliminary Injunction in AI Infringement Suit: ‘Publishers Face Irreparable Harm if Anthropic’s Copying Is Not Enjoined’

Google’s AI-Mania Continues: In Talks to Invest Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Character.AI

Anthropic Says Copying Protected Works ‘As An Intermediate Step To Create a Non-Infringing Output Can Constitute Fair Use’

What Massive Copyright Infringement? Google Commits $2 Billion in Funding to Anthropic

Universal Music Group and BMG Announce Potentially Far-Reaching ‘Alliance’ — With an Initial Focus on Physical Distribution

Universal Music Group, Concord, ABKCO Sue Amazon-Backed Anthropic AI for Copyright Infringement

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