British Society of Authors launches the Human Authored scheme to help identify non-AI-generated works
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
Association of American Publishers names David Newhoff as Vice President of Research and Communications
US Copyright Office launches GR2D, a new online group registration option for published, two-dimensional artworks
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
HarbourView acquires select music and non-music assets from Quincy Jones
Global recorded music revenues up 9.4% to $39.5bn in 2025 — MIDiA Research
ABC Music’s Natalie Waller re-elected Chair of the ARIA Board
Production music licensing platform Slipstream acquires Megatrax
Sony Music Publishing Nashville and Dan Isbell sign artist and songwriter Scout Speer to a global publishing agreement
ByteDance pauses TikTok’s AI-powered video tool Seedance 2.0 — Report
Spotify paid out $11bn to rights holders in 2025, up 10% from 2024; close to 14,000 artists generated at least $100k
Christine Barnum, Michael Poole and Jameson Toole join beatBread
Spirit Music Group signs Nashville-based songwriter and producer Jamie Moore
BMG acquires A Flock of Seagulls’ publishing and sound recordings catalogues
Media company SPIN is launching SPIN Labs, an incubator for tech start-ups in the music space, in partnership with Los Angeles- and Nashville-based KRMA, an independent...
