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Warner Music fires AI warning shot: ‘Get a licence or face the consequences’

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Warner Music • 2 min read

Warner Music fires AI warning shot: ‘Get a licence or face the consequences’

Warner Music has written to AI companies setting out its position that licences must be secured before its music is used to train AI models. The stern letter, which follows Sony’s lead, extends to artist likeness and voice, and formally opts out of the EU data mining exception…

Chris Cooke • 04 Jul 2024

Rapper BG told to allow US officials to review his songs prior to release

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Rapper BG told to allow US officials to review his songs prior to release

A judge has told rapper BG that he must share new songs with the US authorities before releasing them so that they can check if the lyrics create any concerns under the terms of his supervised release from prison. Prosecutors had asked for an order banning him from rapping about certain topics…

Chris Cooke • 04 Jul 2024

Sony Music Japan hunts pirate site operators through US courts

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Sony Music Japan hunts pirate site operators through US courts

The people behind a piracy service that specialises in Japanese music could be about to run into some legal challenges. Sony Music Japan has secured a US court order which forces Cloudflare to provide info about the site’s operators, with the aim that Sony can identify and pursue the individuals…

Chris Cooke • 04 Jul 2024

Young Thug trial derailed as judge’s controversial private meeting causes indefinite delay

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Young Thug trial derailed as judge’s controversial private meeting causes indefinite delay

Rapper Young Thug’s trial faces uncertainty as defence lawyers continue to call for the judge to be removed from the case over a private meeting with prosecutors and a key witness. The trial has been paused to allow another judge to consider those demands…

Chris Cooke • 03 Jul 2024

Lawsuit? What lawsuit? Suno thumbs nose at majors as it launches mobile app

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Lawsuit? What lawsuit? Suno thumbs nose at majors as it launches mobile app

With Suno facing the mother of all copyright lawsuits, the AI music company is riding the wave of publicity brought by its legal woes and has launched its first mobile app - only available to iPhone users in the USA - which allows users to create songs from text or audio…

Chris Cooke • 03 Jul 2024

YouTube cracks down on AI deepfakes: new rules allow takedowns of unauthorised vocal clones

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YouTube cracks down on AI deepfakes: new rules allow takedowns of unauthorised vocal clones

YouTube has updated its privacy policies to allow the removal of AI-generated deepfakes and vocal clones, responding to growing concerns about unauthorised use of likeness and voice…

Chris Cooke • 03 Jul 2024

Stem wars: recent lawsuits expose copyright pitfalls for labels and producers

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Music industry legal news coverage • 3 min read

Stem wars: recent lawsuits expose copyright pitfalls for labels and producers

Recent lawsuits highlight the complex copyright issues faced by labels and producers where multiple people are involved in the production of a track, with a number of clashes over unauthorised use of stems, loops and beats in hit songs…

Chris Cooke • 03 Jul 2024

Kanye West and henchman Milo Yiannopoulos hit with accusations alleging racism, fraud and more

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Kanye • 4 min read

Kanye West and henchman Milo Yiannopoulos hit with accusations alleging racism, fraud and more

Earlier this year Kanye West partnered with a team of developers around the world to work on creating his own streaming app. Now some of those developers have gone legal accusing the rapper of discrimination, fraud and failing to safeguard minors on the team from pornographic content…

Chris Cooke • 02 Jul 2024

After suing Apple, the EU is going after Meta for DMA breaches

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After suing Apple, the EU is going after Meta for DMA breaches

The European Commission has published a second preliminary finding in relation to big tech and the EU Digital Markets Act, having previously ruled on Apple. This time it’s Meta’s personal data policies in the spotlight which, the Commission says, are not compliant with the DMA…

Chris Cooke • 02 Jul 2024

Online content is ‘freeware’ and anyone can copy anything on the ‘open web’ says Microsoft AI boss

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Online content is ‘freeware’ and anyone can copy anything on the ‘open web’ says Microsoft AI boss

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman was last week asked if AI companies have “effectively stolen the world’s IP”. He replied that there has been a ‘social contract’ that content published online is ‘fair use’ and ‘freeware’, unless a publisher says otherwise. Which isn’t what copyright law says…

Chris Cooke • 02 Jul 2024

Pharrell and Louis Vuitton told to pull their socks up in another trademark spat

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Pharrell and Louis Vuitton told to pull their socks up in another trademark spat

Pharrell Williams is already involved in trademark disputes with Chad Hugo and Pink, and has now been sued alongside his friends at Louis Vuitton. The fashion company and producer have been selling Pocket Socks, which are socks with a pocket. This has angered a company called Pocket Socks Inc…

Chris Cooke • 01 Jul 2024

⏩ One Liners: 4music RIP, Taylor Swift at V&A, Megan Thee Stallion, Killer Mike + more

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One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 4 min read

⏩ One Liners: 4music RIP, Taylor Swift at V&A, Megan Thee Stallion, Killer Mike + more

Armada and Reservoir deals; Universal Nordics appointment; ECSA welcomes AI lawsuits; DoJ v Live Nation timeline; US deepfakes review; UK music channels close; V&A Taylor Swift exhibition; Michael Jackson’s debts; New music from Megan Thee Stallion, Killer Mike, Burna Boy and Ray LaMontagne…

Chris Cooke • 01 Jul 2024