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- 24 Jul
AI Music News 24 JulAFM calls the majors' 'new use' reading nonsensical, urges court to keep its AI pay lawsuit alive
- The AFM filed its response opposing Universal and Warner's dismissal bids on July 17, 2026.
- The union told Judge Edgardo Ramos that Article 21(a) of the SRLA imposes an independent, mandatory "shall pay" obligation for all new uses.
- It called the majors' reading, which limits the clause to uses with a pre-set rate, "nonsensical."
- 24 Jul
AI Music News 24 JulMusic publishers refile the Anthropic lyrics case with direct infringement front and center
- Music publishers led by Concord and BMG refiled their second amended complaint against Anthropic on July 22, 2026, under a redaction-related court order.
- Direct infringement and copyright management information (CMI) removal are now the central claims, after the publishers dropped their contributory and vicarious claims.
- The retreat from secondary liability follows the Supreme Court's Cox v. Sony Music ruling, which narrowed those theories.
- 24 Jul
AI Music News 24 JulGEMA launches PLAI, a licensed AI training dataset, as Klangio signs on first
- GEMA launched PLAI by GEMA, a licensed music dataset built for training AI music tools, with Karlsruhe transcription firm Klangio as its first named customer.
- The dataset holds about 178,000 audio files drawn from roughly 57,000 works across 60+ genres, bundling authors' rights, master rights, the sound files, and metadata from one source.
- Five production-music partners supply the catalogue: Bailer Music Publishing, Earmotion Audio Creation, Intervox Production Music, Music Sculptor, and Sonoton Music.
- 24 Jul
AI Music News 24 JulPLAI by GEMA explained: what the licensed AI music training dataset is, what it includes, and how creators get paid
- PLAI by GEMA is a licensed music dataset that GEMA sells to AI companies for training their music tools, bundling authors' rights, master rights, sound files, and metadata from one source.
- The dataset holds about 178,000 audio files drawn from roughly 57,000 works across more than 60 genres, and packages can be tailored to a customer's model and use case.
- Karlsruhe transcription company Klangio is the first named customer, a narrow use case that fits the dataset's production-music makeup.
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- 24 Jul
AI Music News 24 JulSuno admits a 2025 breach exposed 55 million users' personal data
- Suno confirmed a November 2025 security incident that reportedly exposed the personal data of 55.3 million users.
- Have I Been Pwned obtained the dataset on July 20, 2026, and found over 55 million unique email addresses plus phone numbers.
- Tens of thousands of Stripe records also held customer names, physical addresses, purchase amounts, and partial card details.
- 24 Jul
Music Intelligence 24 JulThe top 10 AI music artists earned an estimated $6.1 million. The database behind the ranking looks offline.
- Kapwing estimates the 10 biggest AI music artists earned about $6.1 million from 2.3 billion Spotify streams and YouTube views.
- Enlly Blue, a "1950s style" AI vocalist, is the top Spotify earner at an estimated $380,800 from 95.2 million streams.
- Cherry Nightcore leads on YouTube with an estimated $2 million from 941 million views.
- 24 Jul
Music Intelligence 24 JulAs AI floods music, the industry's biggest winners are the companies managing the chaos
- Digital Music News founder Paul Resnikoff calls the AI music boom a "chaos economy," where the winners are the companies managing the mess.
- Primary Wave's multi-billion-dollar Kobalt buy handed investor Francisco Partners an estimated $600 million-plus gain.
- Warner Music Group bought the indie distribution and rights platform Revelator, which uses Tipalti to handle global royalty payouts.
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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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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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