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Spotify Lawsuit Led to Court Order That Cut Off Anna’s Archive Domains, Court Documents Show
Spotify, Universal Music Group, Warner, and other music labels filed a lawsuit against Anna's Archive, the online open-source library, in December. As part of the lawsuit, the US District Court of the Southern District of New York ruled in favour of the plaintiffs, granting them temporary relief by ordering Cloudflare and the Public Interest Regist...
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Anthropic Wins Early Round in Music Publishers' AI Copyright Case
Music publishers UMG, Concord and ABKCO sued Anthropic in 2023, alleging that it infringed their copyrights in lyrics from at least 500 songs. The publishers claimed Anthropic used the lyrics without permission to train Claude to respond to human prompts. Anthropic, for now, has convinced a California federal judge on Tuesday to reject a preliminar...
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Amazon and Universal Music Group Expand Partnership to Address ‘Unlawful AI-Generated Content’
Amazon and Universal Music Group (UMG) announced the expansion of their partnership on Monday. Among other topics, the two entities highlighted that the collaboration will focus on the advancement of artist-centric principles including increased fraud protection. While both the companies had a collaborative agreement in place, the new partnership e...
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Meta and Universal Music Group Expand Licensing Agreement, Focus on AI-Generated Music
Meta and Universal Music Group (UMG) announced the expansion of their licensing agreement to a new global multi-year deal on Monday. The new agreement includes new monetisation opportunities for the music label, artists and songwriters as well as focuses on the unauthorised use of AI-generated content. The latter part refers to the usage of artific...
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Universal Music Threatens To Remove Millions Of Songs From TikTok. Here's Why
The music label announced the move in an open letter to artists and songwriters titled ''Why we must call time out on TikTok.''
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Ukraine Crisis: Universal Music Group Says It Is Suspending Operations, Shutting Offices in Russia
Universal Music Group said it was suspending all operations in Russia and closing its offices, as it joins a growing number of companies protesting the violence in Ukraine.
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Universal Music Group Partners With Curio to Work on NFT Fan Collections Featuring Its Record Labels, Artists
Leading global music company, Universal Music Group has entered a partnership with NFT platform Curio to develop non-fungible token (NFT) collections for its record labels and artists.
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Vevo online music video hub hits 6 billion monthly average views
Vevo CEO on Tuesday said the company had seen a nearly 50 percent jump in viewership in December.
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Ex-MP3tunes chief ordered to pay $41 million in copyright verdict
Michael Robertson was found liable for infringing copyrights owned by record companies and music publishers once part of EMI.
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Apple close to striking 'iRadio' deal with record labels: Report
New details about Apple's forthcoming music streaming service also referred to as 'iRadio' have emerged.
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Apple's 'iRadio' music streaming service runs into royalty blockade: Report
The Apple streaming service, which is rumoured to be named iRadio, is expected to be ad-supported and was widely expected to be available at the launch of the iPhone 5.
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Apple nears music deal with labels: Report
Apple Inc. is to secure deals with major recording companies that will allow users to stream songs stored on remote computer servers
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Bollywood wishes Priyanka Chopra on music deal
Tinseltown is proud of actress Priyanka Chopra's foray into the music world on a global platform and her industry friends like SRK wish her luck.
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Priyanka ready for global music debut
Bollywood's reigning actress, Priyanka Chopra, is all set to debut in another field--the music industry.
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Apple nears music deal with labels: Report
Apple Inc. is to secure deals with major recording companies that will allow users to stream songs stored on remote computer servers
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Spotify Lawsuit Led to Court Order That Cut Off Anna’s Archive Domains, Court Documents Show
Spotify, Universal Music Group, Warner, and other music labels filed a lawsuit against Anna's Archive, the online open-source library, in December. As part of the lawsuit, the US District Court of the Southern District of New York ruled in favour of the plaintiffs, granting them temporary relief by ordering Cloudflare and the Public Interest Regist...
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Anthropic Wins Early Round in Music Publishers' AI Copyright Case
Music publishers UMG, Concord and ABKCO sued Anthropic in 2023, alleging that it infringed their copyrights in lyrics from at least 500 songs. The publishers claimed Anthropic used the lyrics without permission to train Claude to respond to human prompts. Anthropic, for now, has convinced a California federal judge on Tuesday to reject a preliminar...
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Amazon and Universal Music Group Expand Partnership to Address ‘Unlawful AI-Generated Content’
Amazon and Universal Music Group (UMG) announced the expansion of their partnership on Monday. Among other topics, the two entities highlighted that the collaboration will focus on the advancement of artist-centric principles including increased fraud protection. While both the companies had a collaborative agreement in place, the new partnership e...
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Meta and Universal Music Group Expand Licensing Agreement, Focus on AI-Generated Music
Meta and Universal Music Group (UMG) announced the expansion of their licensing agreement to a new global multi-year deal on Monday. The new agreement includes new monetisation opportunities for the music label, artists and songwriters as well as focuses on the unauthorised use of AI-generated content. The latter part refers to the usage of artific...
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Universal Music Threatens To Remove Millions Of Songs From TikTok. Here's Why
The music label announced the move in an open letter to artists and songwriters titled ''Why we must call time out on TikTok.''
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Ukraine Crisis: Universal Music Group Says It Is Suspending Operations, Shutting Offices in Russia
Universal Music Group said it was suspending all operations in Russia and closing its offices, as it joins a growing number of companies protesting the violence in Ukraine.
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Universal Music Group Partners With Curio to Work on NFT Fan Collections Featuring Its Record Labels, Artists
Leading global music company, Universal Music Group has entered a partnership with NFT platform Curio to develop non-fungible token (NFT) collections for its record labels and artists.
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Vevo online music video hub hits 6 billion monthly average views
Vevo CEO on Tuesday said the company had seen a nearly 50 percent jump in viewership in December.
-
Ex-MP3tunes chief ordered to pay $41 million in copyright verdict
Michael Robertson was found liable for infringing copyrights owned by record companies and music publishers once part of EMI.
-
Apple close to striking 'iRadio' deal with record labels: Report
New details about Apple's forthcoming music streaming service also referred to as 'iRadio' have emerged.
-
Apple's 'iRadio' music streaming service runs into royalty blockade: Report
The Apple streaming service, which is rumoured to be named iRadio, is expected to be ad-supported and was widely expected to be available at the launch of the iPhone 5.
-
Apple nears music deal with labels: Report
Apple Inc. is to secure deals with major recording companies that will allow users to stream songs stored on remote computer servers
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Bollywood wishes Priyanka Chopra on music deal
Tinseltown is proud of actress Priyanka Chopra's foray into the music world on a global platform and her industry friends like SRK wish her luck.
-
Priyanka ready for global music debut
Bollywood's reigning actress, Priyanka Chopra, is all set to debut in another field--the music industry.
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Apple nears music deal with labels: Report
Apple Inc. is to secure deals with major recording companies that will allow users to stream songs stored on remote computer servers
