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Universal Music Group and Udio start ‘a new era’ of collaboration, settle copyright infringement case and sign licensing deal

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Universal Music Group (UMG) and AI-powered music creation platform Udio have announced that they have reached a series of "industry-first strategic agreements," under which the companies have settled the copyright infringement case brought by UMG. In addition to the compensatory legal settlement, the amount of which has not been disclosed, the agreement includes new license deals for recorded music and publishing that will "provide further revenue opportunities for UMG artists and songwriters," ...

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Emmanuel is a Washington, DC-based freelance journalist, blogger and media consultant, specialising in the entertainment business and cultural trends. He was the US editor for British music industry trade publication Music Week. Previously, he was the editor of Impact, a magazine for the music publishing community (2007-2009), the global editor of US trade publication Billboard (2003-2006), and the editor in chief of Billboard’s sister publication Music & Media (1997-2003).

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Anthropic files motion claiming that the use of song lyrics to train AI-powered chatbot Claude was ‘transformative’

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April 22, 2026

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Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has filed a motion for summary judgment and opposition to a motion filed previously by music publishers for partial summary judgment with the US District Court for the Northern ⁠District of ​California in the copyright infringement lawsuit brought by music publishing companies Universal Music Group (UMG), Concord ‌and ABKCO. The publishers sued Anthropic in 2023, accusing the company of using a significant number of copyrighted lyrics to songs they own o...

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440,000 works will each receive $3,000 as part of Anthropic’s $1.5bn settlement

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April 19, 2026

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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...

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Universal Music Group settles infringement case with Believe/TuneCore

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Universal Music Group (UMG) has settled its copyright infringement case against independent music company Believe and its affiliate TuneCore, a services and distrbution company for self-released artists. The two parties filed on April 3 a joint stipulation of dismissal with prejudice with the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, calling on the court for the dismissal "of all claims," and informing the judge that each party "will bear their own costs and fees." No other detail...

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