Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (PA-04) and Congressman Nathaniel Moran (TX-01) have introduced in the House of Representatives the Transparency and Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence Networks (TRAIN) Act, a bipartisan bill designed to help musicians, artists, writers, and other creators determine "if their copyrighted work was used to train generative artificial intelligence (AI) models without their permission." US Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Adam Schiff (D-C...

The European Commission is likely to clear the $775 million acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings by Universal Music Group after UMG offered remedies, according to a report from Reuters, citing "people with direct knowledge of the matter." Reuters said the Commission's competition division "signaled acceptance" of UMG's offer to sell royalty services platform Curve to address the Commission's concerns. According to the report, regulators have not demanded further concessions. The deadline for t...

Independent music company's global organisation WIN has warned the European Commission that the proposed acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings by Universal Music Group "must be blocked outright" as the merger of the two companies poses "grave risk" to "fair competition" in the music market. EU's competition authorities launched an in-depth investigation into the transaction in July 2025. In November, following an in-depth investigation to assess the potential impact of the transaction, the Comm...