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Suno tells court to reject stream-ripping “gambit” by major labels in AI legal battle

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Suno • 4 min read

Suno tells court to reject stream-ripping “gambit” by major labels in AI legal battle

The major labels recently requested to amend their lawsuit against Suno to include claims the AI company gathered its training data by stream-ripping audio from YouTube, in violation of copyright law. In response, Suno argues that any stream-ripping it may have done did not, in fact, violate US law…

Chris Cooke • 06 Oct 2025

As FT says major labels are close to “landmark” AI licensing deals, is a new battle royale going to kick off within the music industry?

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Artificial Intelligence • 7 min read

As FT says major labels are close to “landmark” AI licensing deals, is a new battle royale going to kick off within the music industry?

An FT report says that Universal and Warner are close to agreeing “landmark” AI licensing deals that will result in ongoing payments to the music industry. If true, that poses some big questions within the music community about how that income will be shared and whose consent will be sought…

Chris Cooke • 02 Oct 2025

Major labels add piracy claims to Suno lawsuit after $1.5 billion Anthropic settlement

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Suno • 3 min read

Major labels add piracy claims to Suno lawsuit after $1.5 billion Anthropic settlement

The majors have amended their Suno lawsuit, alleging that the AI company sourced music by illegally ripping files from YouTube. It follows the ruling in the authors v Anthropic case, where Anthropic’s illegal sourcing of content created big copyright liabilities, prompting a $1.5 billion settlement…

Chris Cooke • 22 Sep 2025

Open letter says creators’ human rights are “being flouted en masse” by AI companies

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Artificial Intelligence • 3 min read

Open letter says creators’ human rights are “being flouted en masse” by AI companies

A plethora of artists and music industry organisations have signed an open letter demanding to know why UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer isn’t standing up for the human rights of British creators, whose copyrights are being infringed at scale by AI companies, many of them based overseas…

Chris Cooke • 17 Sep 2025

Open letter from UK creators to Prime Minister Keir Starmer on AI

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Artificial Intelligence • 5 min read

Open letter from UK creators to Prime Minister Keir Starmer on AI

An open letter to Keir Starmer signed by numerous UK artists and creators - and organisations from across the UK creative industries - demanding to know why the Prime Minister isn’t standing up for the human rights of British creators in the context of AI…

CMU Editorial • 17 Sep 2025

Anthropic will pay authors $1.5 billion to settle AI copyright case

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Anthropic • 3 min read

Anthropic will pay authors $1.5 billion to settle AI copyright case

Last month a US judge threw out a royalties lawsuit filed by SoundExchange against satellite broadcaster Sirius XM, concluding that the collecting society doesn’t actually have the right to sue its licensees. SoundExchange says that ruling was “erroneous” and is now taking the matter to appeal…

Chris Cooke • 08 Sep 2025

Anthropic settles legal dispute with authors - in a deal that could be influential in other AI copyright disputes

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Anthropic • 3 min read

Anthropic settles legal dispute with authors - in a deal that could be influential in other AI copyright disputes

A settlement between Anthropic and a group of US authors could prove influential in the big debate over copyright and AI. A judge ruled that Anthropic’s use of books in its AI training was fair use unless it had pirated those books. Which it had. Which is why the AI company is now keen to settle…

Chris Cooke • 27 Aug 2025

Music publishers want to amend Anthropic lawsuit because of pirated lyrics

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Anthropic • 2 min read

Music publishers want to amend Anthropic lawsuit because of pirated lyrics

Music publishers locked in a legal battle with AI company Anthropic want to amend their lawsuit, because of a recent ruling in another copyright case involving Anthropic. Following that ruling, it’s important the publishers stress that the AI business used pirated lyrics when training its model…

Chris Cooke • 13 Aug 2025

Australian music industry says proposed AI copyright exception would be “a dangerous step backwards”

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Artificial Intelligence • 3 min read

Australian music industry says proposed AI copyright exception would be “a dangerous step backwards”

Last week the Australian government’s Productivity Commission invited feedback on the proposal that a new exception be added to the country’s copyright law to benefit AI companies. The music industry has hit back at that proposal, with indie label group AIR calling it “a dangerous step backwards”…

Chris Cooke • 11 Aug 2025

Implementation of EU AI Act “solely benefits” AI companies say creator groups who demand a complete rethink

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Artificial Intelligence • 2 min read

Implementation of EU AI Act “solely benefits” AI companies say creator groups who demand a complete rethink

The European Commission has now published various documents setting out how AI companies should comply with copyright and transparency obligations in the EU AI Act. However, creator groups say their concerns were ignored when those documents were being compiled and they should therefore be rewritten…

Chris Cooke • 30 Jul 2025

Getting AI companies to agree to licensing deals with copyright owners is “not doable” and “China’s not doing it”, rambles Trump

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Getting AI companies to agree to licensing deals with copyright owners is “not doable” and “China’s not doing it”, rambles Trump

Donald Trump yesterday launched his much anticipated ‘AI Action Plan’. It doesn’t say anything about the copyright obligations of AI companies. But during a rambling speech launching the plan, the President said that having AI companies get licences from copyright owners is just “not doable”…

Chris Cooke • 24 Jul 2025

US Senators propose new law to ban AI companies "from stealing and training on copyright works"

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US Senators propose new law to ban AI companies "from stealing and training on copyright works"

Last week US Senator Josh Hawley said that AI companies were engaged in “the largest IP theft in American history”. Now he’s teamed up with fellow senator Richard Blumenthal to propose new laws on AI, copyright and data which would “bar AI companies from training on copyright works”…

Chris Cooke • 22 Jul 2025