US Senators Marsha Blackburn and Peter Welch urge ByteDance to ‘shut down’ AI video tool Seedance 2.0 — Report
British Society of Authors launches the Human Authored scheme to help identify non-AI-generated works
European Parliament adopts AI report on the protection of copyrighted work and the EU’s creative sector in the age of AI
Large video-on-demand services in the UK are now regulated by OFCOM
BECS notifies AI companies that it has exercised an opt-out from TDM exceptions
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
Chelsea Johnson joins Meta as Publishing Operations Lead for North America
ClicknClear signs global licensing deal with Universal Music Group to facilitate the use of pre-cleared music in sporting events
Sonoton Music launches an invite-only VIP sample curation service for beatmakers
Nielsen’s Gracenote sues OpenAI for using proprietary metadata without license or compensation
MusicInfra and The Royalty Network partner on metadata processing
Pipeline Advance acquires valuation company Clarty Partners
Streaming platform Qobuz deploys proprietary AI detection system
Mogul raises $5 million in a funding round led by the Yamaha Music Innovations Fund
PRS for Music files lawsuit against Valve Corporation’s gaming platform Steam
Munich Regional Court holds oral proceedings in the case GEMA brought against AI song generator Suno
US Supreme Court rejects petition on AI-generated content’s copyright protection
US book publishers seek to stop Anna’s Archive from making copyrighted works available to train AI models
Warner Music Group and Netflix form creative partnership to produce films and series on WMG’s artists and songwriters
Peermusic taps Lorenzo Grignani as Managing Director of Peermusic Italy to succeed Francesca Trainini
Global recorded music revenues grew by 6.4% and reached $31.7 billion in 2025
Warner Chappell Music Scandinavia signs global publishing agreement with Lykke Li covering her upcoming body of work
Pophouse acquires from BMG a majority share in Tina Turner’s catalogue
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Believe Music Publishing inks long-term global publishing deal with Janet Jackson
Mexican rock band Ladrones sign global recording deal with Rise Records/BMG
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