A record number of authors and other copyright holders have filed claims for compensation for the use of works covered by the $1.5 billion settlement between AI firm Anthropic and a class of authors, alongside their publishers, in the Bartz v. Anthropic lawsuit, according to a ​filing with the US District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco. The April 16 filing reads: "In accordance with the Joint Case Management Statement filed on January 15, 2026, Plaintiffs respectf...

Paris-based independently-owned streaming and download platform Qobuz has sealed a partnership agreement with independent music and entertainment company Create Music Group, in a deal that includes the licensing of Create’s catalogue to Qobuz subscribers worldwide.

Create’s music catalogue covers genres such as dance, electronic, rap and hip-hop genres. It will be available on Qobuz in high-end sound quality. "The partnership will also introduce Qobuz subscribers to rising talent and new rel...

Splice has unveiled a new suite of AI tools — Variations, Craft, and Magic Fit — that extend the music creation platform's established creator payment model into generative AI. "With these new tools, every sample in Splice’s catalogue of more than 3 million, remains traceable to its original creator, with compensation extending to AI-generated variations as well," said the company. The tools include Variations, available in the Sounds plugin, which lets producers create new versions of any Splic...