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A group of visual artists have sued Google for using their works without a license to train AI-powered image generator Imagen

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A group of visual artists have filed with the US District Court for the Northern District of California a copyright infringement lawsuit against Google for using their works to train Alphabet's AI-powered image generator Imagen without authorisation or compensation.
Plaintiffs include photographer Jingna Zhang and cartoonists Sarah Andersen, Hope Larson and Jessica Fink. In the proposed class action, they claim that "AI models at issue in this complaint were trained on datasets containing millio...

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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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SACD starts legal proceedings against TikTok for using its members’ repertoire without authorisation or compensation

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November 14, 2025

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The French Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers (SACD) has filed with the Paris Judicial Court a copyright infringement lawsuit against China's social network TikTok for "using copyrighted works from the SACD repertoire without authorisation," according to a statement from the Paris-based organisation.
SACD said it took the decision to start legal proceedings after "nearly four years of failed discussions." SACD said that TikTok has "never offered acceptable compensation to the authors of t...

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GEMA gets vindication from German court in infringement case against OpenAI over the use of lyrics to train chatbot ChatGPT

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November 12, 2025

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The 42nd Civil Chamber of the Regional Court in Munich found in favour of German music rights society GEMA in a copyright infringement case against OpenAI, which was accused of using copyrighted lyrics to train its chatbot ChatGPT without a license. OpenAI plans to appeal the ruling.
GEMA brough the case against U.S. provider of AI services OpenAI a year ago. GEMA wanted the court to “clarify AI providers‘ remuneration obligations in Europe” and enforce its members’ rights.
The lawsuit named US-...

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KODA files copyright infringement lawsuit against American AI service Suno

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November 8, 2025

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Denmark's rights society KODA has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Suno, in which it claims that the American AI service has been using music from Danish authors and composers without permission and without paying for it. This marks the first time a Danish rights organisation has filed a lawsuit against an AI service.
The infringement allegedly includes tracks such as 'Barbie Girl' by Aqua, 'Final Song' by MØ, 'A Beautiful Life' by Christopher, 'Sleeping My Day Away' by D-A-D, 'Mov...

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