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- 09 Sept
AI Music News 09 SeptSuno admits it took YouTube audio with YT-DLP, then says the labels can't sue over it
- Suno filed a 26-page answer on September 1 in Massachusetts federal court, responding to the first amended complaint from UMG Recordings, Capitol Records and Sony Music Entertainment.
- The answer states that "audio data was obtained from YouTube for use as training data using YT-DLP", and repeats the YouTube point at five further places in the document.
- Suno argues UMG and Sony lack standing on the stream-ripping claim, saying they are not "person[s] injured" under DMCA Section 1203(a).
- 09 Sept
Tutorial 09 SeptHow to master a song online with SoundBoost AI mastering, step by step
- SoundBoost masters a song from a typed or spoken sentence, a Spotify reference link, or both, in about 1 minute per render.
- Upload a 24-bit WAV with 6 dB of headroom, pick the loudest 30 seconds as the peak moment, then choose 1 of 6 AI mastering engineers.
- A mastering prompt can now remove or rebalance stems, so 'drop the drums and push the vocals forward' runs in the same pass as the master.
- 08 Sept
AI Music News 08 SeptAFM tells the court Article 21(a) is ambiguous, and that alone should keep its AI case alive
- The AFM filed its opposition to Universal and Warner's motions to dismiss in case 1:26-cv-04760
- The union argues it only needs to show Article 21(a) is ambiguous and its own reading plausible, not that its reading is the best one
- It concedes the majors' reading is "possible" while arguing the clause can also be read to trigger payment on the new use itself
- 08 Sept
AI Music News 08 SeptA fake AI Eminem track pulled 109,000 YouTube views in 8 days, with no AI label on it
- An AI-generated track titled "I'm Back" credited to Eminem has 109,000 views and 3,500 likes after 8 days
- The channel behind it, Eminem Pulse, lists 38 videos and 2,110 subscribers, with three more AI tracks posted inside 48 hours
- A signed-out search for "Eminem Pulse" returns four of the channel's uploads at the top of the results
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- 08 Sept
AI Music News 08 SeptPrince's estate says no AI finished 'Calabama', and names the three horn players who did
- Fans accused the Timeless album track "Calabama" of using AI on its credits, timing and arrangement
- Prince's estate says live horn players overdubbed his synthesiser track with the intended horn line
- Trombone, saxophone and trumpet were played by Greg Boyer, Adrian Crutchfield and Lynn Grissett, all credited in the album packaging
- 08 Sept
AI Music News 08 SeptSuno signs Believe and TuneCore, 4 months after Believe blocked its tracks
- Believe and Suno announced a global strategic partnership on September 8, 2026, covering participating Believe and TuneCore repertoire
- Artists and labels opt in, and a source close to the deal told Billboard the compensation takes the form of a revenue share
- Tracks made on Suno's new industry partner model become eligible to distribute through Believe and TuneCore
- 08 Sept
Tool News & Updates 08 SeptChartmetric launches Flow, an AI agent for music data, from $60 a month
- Chartmetric launched Flow on September 8, 2026, after two years of internal development
- Flow answers plain-language questions against Chartmetric's own dataset, cross-referencing 14 million artists
- Pricing runs $60 a month standalone, with Flow Lite inside the $150 Premium plan and full Flow inside the $180 Ultra plan
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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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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.
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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.
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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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