This week, Deezer revealed that 75,000 AI-generated tracks are actually flooding the platform each day – representing 44% of all new music uploaded to the streamer day by day.
In the meantime, MBW examined a pair of UMG-linked patent filings that lay out a blueprint for AI-powered copyright enforcement – together with a bot that might ship its personal cease-and-desist letters.
Elsewhere, a Chord Music Companions-linked ABS car is planning a $500 million deal, backed by an $830 million catalog that includes rights from Suicideboys, Morgan Wallen, and Ryan Tedder.
Additionally this week, Common Music Group and Harmony Music Group sued $10 billion-valued vogue startup Quince over alleged “rampant and brazen” copyright infringement in TikTok posts that includes music from Sabrina Carpenter, Billie Eilish, and extra.
Plus, UK-based Bella Figura Music acquired the publishing catalog of Grammy and Academy Award-winning producer Paul Epworth, together with his work with Adele, Florence + The Machine, and extra.
Listed below are a number of the greatest headlines from the previous few days…
1. 75,000 AI-GENERATED TRACKS NOW FLOOD DEEZER DAILY, REPRESENTING 44% OF ALL NEW MUSIC UPLOADED TO THE PLATFORM, SAYS STREAMER
The quantity of totally AI-generated music being uploaded to Deezer has surged once more – with the Paris-headquartered streaming service now receiving almost 75,000 artificial tracks each day.
That’s greater than 2 million AI-generated tracks hitting the platform every month, in accordance with the corporate, and it means AI-made music now accounts for 44% of all new tracks delivered to Deezer day by day.
The brand new figures, revealed by Deezer on Monday (April 20), mark a pointy escalation from the 60,000 tracks per day the corporate reported in January, when artificial content material represented 39% of day by day deliveries.
It additionally marks a major leap from the 50,000 AI tracks Deezer was receiving per day in November, 30,000 in September, and simply 10,000 when it launched its patent-pending AI detection software in January 2025… (MBW)
2. HOW WILL THE MAJOR LABELS OVERCOME THE COPYRIGHT THREAT FROM AI MUSIC? BY TURNING TO THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON AVAILABLE: AI ITSELF.
Enable us to make a prediction.
In 5 years, the key music firms is not going to solely be scouring the online for AI infringement, they may also be issuing authorized letters on to the perpetrators…
Sound far-fetched? It isn’t. It’s sitting inside a pair of patent purposes printed by the US Patent and Trademark Workplace on February 12, 2026.
MBW unearthed the filings whereas researching our latest story on the patent portfolio being constructed by Music IP Holdings, the entity shaped final 12 months by means of Common Music Group‘s partnership with IP asset administration agency Liquidax Capital… (MBW)
3. CHORD MUSIC-LINKED ABS VEHICLE PLANS $500M DEAL, BACKED BY $830M CATALOG LED BY SUICIDEBOYS, MORGAN WALLEN, AND RYAN TEDDER RIGHTS
A brand new issuing car linked to Common Music Group-backed funding platform Chord Music Companions is about to boost $500 million in debt by means of an Asset-Backed Securitization (ABS) transaction.
That’s in accordance with a pre-sale report printed by Kroll Bond Ranking Company (KBRA) on April 16, which assigns a preliminary A (sf) score to the $500 million Collection 2026-1 Notes to be issued by Canon Music Issuer Belief.
Canon is a newly established car that sits beneath the broader Chord platform, with its collateral pool representing a particular portion of Chord’s property.
The notes are collateralized by royalties from a catalog of greater than 3,750 works from artists and songwriters, together with Suicideboys, Morgan Wallen, Ryan Tedder, Diplo, and Twenty One Pilots… (MBW)
4. UMG SUES $10B-VALUED FASHION BRAND QUINCE FOR ‘RAMPANT AND BRAZEN INFRINGEMENT’ IN TIKTOK POSTS
Common Music Group and Harmony Music Group have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit towards Quince, the direct-to-consumer vogue startup that, in accordance with the grievance, has “discovered its success by eliminating ‘middlemen’ often utilized by conventional retailers.”
Beginning in vogue, the corporate has since expanded into baggage, bedding, and different product classes. From its inception, “social media has been Quince’s key promoting and promotional software,” the grievance states, noting that the corporate’s development has been attributed particularly to its presence on platforms together with TikTok and Instagram. Quince’s Instagram account alone has 1 million followers.
The corporate raised a $500 million Collection E in March at a $10.1 billion valuation — greater than double the $4.5 billion valuation it achieved in its Collection D lower than a 12 months earlier… (MBW)
5. BELLA FIGURA MUSIC ACQUIRES PAUL EPWORTH PUBLISHING CATALOG, INCLUDING WORK WITH ADELE, FLORENCE + THE MACHINE AND MORE
UK-based music rights firm Bella Figura Music has acquired the publishing catalog of Grammy, Academy Award, and Golden Globe-winning producer and songwriter Paul Epworth.
Based by former BMG UK President Alexi Cory-Smith in 2022, Bella Figura Music says it has greater than $200 million in music rights below possession and administration.
The corporate’s newest acquisition covers Epworth’s publishing catalog and producer revenue, together with a few of his co-writes and productions on Adele‘s 21 album, comparable to Rolling within the Deep, and the Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning Skyfall, which he co-wrote with Adele.
The deal additionally covers Epworth’s work with Florence + The Machine throughout Lungs and Ceremonials, and collaborations with Rihanna, Arlo Parks, Glass Animals, Paul McCartney, and lots of extra… (MBW)
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