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- 06 Aug
AI Music News 06 AugAnthropic moves to kill the torrenting claim against Dario Amodei in the publishers' second lyrics case
- Anthropic filed a pair of motions seeking partial dismissal of the second copyright suit brought by Concord and other music publishers.
- The company wants the court to toss the direct infringement claim built on co-founder Dario Amodei's alleged torrenting.
- Anthropic also asks the court to kill the entire DMCA claim over stripping copyright management information from training text.
- 06 Aug
AI Music News 06 AugTreblo built a detector that says Fenix Flexin's Billboard hit 'Rubberz' came from its own AI model
- Fenix Flexin's freestyle "Rubberz" reached number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 after its June 2026 debut.
- Treblo released a detection tool called "Was This Made With Treblo?" that scores "Rubberz" as very likely Treblo in origin.
- Fenix Flexin denies the song is AI-generated and posted a Pro Tools stems video before deleting it.
- 06 Aug
AI Music News 06 AugSaregama is making AI music videos for 1960s film songs it never owned the visuals to, at about $740 each
- Saregama is using generative AI to build music videos for film songs in its catalog dating back to the 1960s and 1970s.
- Managing Director Vikram Mehra said on the August 4 earnings call that an AI music video can cost as little as INR 70,000, around $740.
- Saregama owns the recording and the composition for those songs but never owned the original film video, which stayed with the movies' owners.
- 06 Aug
AI Music News 06 AugUniversal asks a judge to throw out the AFM's Udio lawsuit, saying the union contract sets no AI rate
- Universal Music Group filed a motion to dismiss the AFM's lawsuit on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, in the Southern District of New York.
- UMG argues the Sound Recording Labor Agreement fixes no rate for using recordings to train generative AI, so the union's single claim fails as a matter of law.
- The AFM sued Universal and Warner on June 5, 2026, over recordings licensed to Udio and Suno without payment or credit to session players.
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- 06 Aug
AI Music News 06 AugIndie artists' Udio class action survives dismissal, and a judge moves the case from Illinois to New York
- A federal judge denied Udio's motion to dismiss the Woulard class action and transferred the case to the Southern District of New York on August 5, 2026.
- Lead plaintiff David Woulard fronts the band Attack the Sound and filed in Illinois federal court in October 2025.
- The complaint alleges unauthorized training, DMCA violations during that training, and market dilution from unapproved soundalike audio.
- 06 Aug
Tool News & Updates 06 AugSuno's 4 principles for AI music, and the download limit that comes with them
- Suno co-founder and CEO Mikey Shulman published the company's 4 operating principles on August 6, 2026.
- Suno will introduce a downloads policy built to limit mass distribution of its songs to streaming platforms.
- Audio watermarking and fingerprinting arrive in the coming weeks so Suno tracks can be identified on other platforms.
- 04 Aug
AI Music News 04 AugCountry artists line up against AI data centers, from Nashville's zoo to Willie Nelson's hometown
- Brad Paisley, Tanya Tucker, Gavin Adcock and Willie Nelson have all publicly opposed AI data center construction in recent weeks.
- Paisley was first, campaigning against a proposed Nashville data center sited around 500 yards from the city's zoo.
- Tanya Tucker warned about water and land damage in Texas, where roughly 248 data centers are planned.
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Christopher Wieduwilt
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I've been a musician for over 25 years — metal bands in Germany, a solo singer-songwriter project that toured the US coast to coast, 500,000+ plays on Myspace. Then Myspace crashed and I lost my entire fanbase overnight.
After that I worked inside the music industry for years on the business side: managing artists, working for record labels, organising concerts and festivals. Watched the same mistakes repeat on newer platforms.
In 2023, generative music AI started reshaping everything: production, promotion, rights, revenue. I started covering AI in music production in August 2023, before Suno's public launch. 200+ stories since.
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Anthropic moves to kill the torrenting claim against Dario Amodei in the publishers' second lyrics case
Treblo built a detector that says Fenix Flexin's Billboard hit 'Rubberz' came from its own AI model
Saregama is making AI music videos for 1960s film songs it never owned the visuals to, at about $740 each
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Frequently asked
Frequently asked questions
What is AI music and how does it work?
My article on What is AI music covers this in full: how AI models are trained on audio, what generation tools can and can't do, and where the copyright questions stand.
Will AI replace musicians?
The short answer is no, but the longer answer matters more. Will AI replace musicians breaks down what AI can produce, what it can't, and where human artists still have ground that's hard to take.
Is AI music copyrighted?
Practice is shifting. The US Copyright Office has ruled that purely AI-generated output doesn't qualify for copyright protection. Is AI music copyrighted covers the current legal position, the active lawsuits, and what this means for artists using AI tools in their work.
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How do AI music tools compare to traditional music production software?
Traditional DAWs give you full control with a steep learning curve. AI tools give you fast results with less manual work, but trade off some control. Most professional workflows now combine both: AI tools for ideation, stem separation, and mastering; the DAW for arrangement and final production decisions.
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