Nine news organisations have filed with the US District Court for the Southern District of New York a copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft. Plaintiffs include California Newspapers Partnership, Prairie Mountain Publishing Company; MNG-BH Acquisition; Hartford Courant Company; The Daily Press; The Morning Call; Virginia-Pilot Media; Los Angeles Daily News Publishing Companies; and the San Diego Union-Tribune. In the lawsuit, Plaintiffs complain that “hundreds of thousands o...

French consumer group CLCV (Consumption, Housing, and Living Environment Association) has launched a class action lawsuit in the Paris Judicial Court against Apple, accusing the tech giant of "abusive business practices" with streaming services' subscriptions. Apple contends that "this lawsuit is unfounded." For Apple, the European digital music market is "thriving and competitive, and consumers have more choices than ever before when it comes to music streaming services.” In the lawsuit, CLCV...

Warner Music Group has settled its copyright infringement suit against Suno, and announced a new partnership with the music AI company that will "open new frontiers in music creation, interaction, and discovery, while both compensating and protecting artists, songwriters, and the wider creative community." WMG said the deal "brings together Suno's best-in-class AI capabilities with WMG's artist development leadership and expertise at the intersection of music and technology." The deal appears to...