The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) has filed infringement lawsuits against four separate radio groups operating a total of 15 stations following what the US rights organisation described as their "continued failure to comply with US copyright law by broadcasting ASCAP songwriter and publisher works without a valid license."

The radio groups are: Haugo Broadcasting Inc. (South Dakota), Spoon River Media (Indiana), Taylor Communications (Mississippi) and Barry Lu...

The American Federation of Musicians (AFM) of the United States and ‌Canada has sued Warner Music Group (WMG) and Universal Music Group (UMG) in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York for "Breach of a Labor Contract" due to their failure to compensate musicians taking part in recordings that have been part of a settlement with, and licensed to AI companies such as Udio and Suno. "The AFM brings this lawsuit because Defendants, two of the largest music companies in the world,...

Ankit Sahni, the author of an artwork titled 'Suryast' created by taking one of his pictures a sunset over a building and mashing it with a Vincent Van Gogh painting using an artificial intelligence application, the RAGHAV Artificial Painting App, has filed a lawsuit against Shira Perlmutter, in her official capacity as Register of Copyrights and Director of the United States Copyright Office, for rejecting multiple times his application to have his artwork officially registered. The lawsuit was...