Live Nation argued that the Key Investment Group lawsuit is not comparable to its case as they were brought under different subparagraphs of the BOTS Act.

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Suno will likely raise above $250 million, the same amount that it pulled in during its Series C just six months ago, sources told Billboard.

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Search ads used to be simple. You picked keywords, wrote a clever ad, and hoped people clicked your link on a boring blue-results page. Easy, right? Well… not anymore. Google just flipped the whole game. With its new AI Mode (powered by Gemini), search feels more like chatting with a super-smart assistant than scrolling through […]

Udio admitted that its models were trained with “a vast amount of different kinds of sound recordings” gathered from publicly available sources.

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A Spotify subscriber sued the company in November, claiming it deceives users by letting labels boost song visibility through reduced royalty payments.

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The update, announced via YouTube's Creator Insider channel on Friday (May 1), adds a new "Create" button to the existing "Replace Song" tool in YouTube Studio on desktop.

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"We are honored to be named ASCAP's Pop Publisher of the Year," said Katie Welle, Sony Music Publishing President, Head of A&R.

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Robert Kyncl told the magazine: "AI is a fast-growing phenomenon. It's really important that companies like us stand up for artists and songwriters — do it early, and do it together with AI companies."

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Emails sent to Songkick users on Thursday (April 30) confirmed that personal data held by the platform "will be transferred to Suno, who will become the controller responsible for that data going forward."

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