Privately-owned US music rights society Global Music Rights (GMR) has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in the US District Court for the Central District of California against online radio operator Music Choice for “repeatedly and willfully" infringing upon GMR repertoire. GMR alleges that Music Choice has "publicly performed no fewer than 95 GMR compositions without authorisation." GMR contends that even after receiving formal notice to stop playing GMR works, Music Choice "kept performin...

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,...