WIPO members confirm Daren Tang as Director General for another six-year term
MusicBird acquires master royalty income from Supertramp’s Dougie Thomson
France’s Senate unanimously adopts the bill introducing a presumption of use of cultural content by AI providers
Bill creating a presumption of exploitation of cultural content by AI companies introduced in the French Senate
Albanese Government passes first ever orphan works legislation in Australia
Qobuz expands library through licensing partnership with Create Music Group
Kobalt and AI-powered music creation platform Udio form strategic partnership
News/Media Alliance signs opt-in AI licensing agreement with Bria
Alfons Karabuda joins the board of Servo’s parent MusicDataLabs Sweden
Symphonic inks opt-in deal for artists to access SourceAudio’s AI music dataset licensing marketplace
Believe joins DDEX as Charter Member
Secretly Distribution acquires data and analytics company Babel Ops
UBC joins SCAPR’s Virtual Recording Database (VRDB) platform
Warner Music Group acquires B2B music and data management platform Revelator
Bridger signs deals with BMI, SUISA, MCT and ABRAMUS after getting Client Rights Management Entity status from CISAC
Anthropic files motion claiming that the use of song lyrics to train AI-powered chatbot Claude was ‘transformative’
440,000 works will each receive $3,000 as part of Anthropic’s $1.5bn settlement
Universal Music Group settles infringement case with Believe/TuneCore
US citizen pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit music streaming fraud
Belgium’s Constitutional Court confirms video streaming services must contribute to the production of local content
Yung Gravy signs new global recordings agreement with BMG
Warner Chappell Music launches in India with Jay Mehta at the helm
PopArabia acquires Cairo-based digital distribution company Viral Wave
Jessi Alexander signs global publishing agreement with Warner Chappell Music Nashville and Perfect Game Creative
Warner Chappell Music signs global publishing deal with Claudia Brant
Beatport elevates Matt Gralen to CEO and Helen Sartory to President/COO as Robb McDaniels becomes Executive Chairman
Deezer estimates AI-generated songs represent 75,000 of daily uploads and between 1-3% of total streams
Splice rolls out a new suite of AI tools
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...
