This week, a Courtroom in New York issued an order granting The MLC’s request to file an amended criticism in its ‘Bundling’ case in opposition to Spotify.
In the meantime, Spotify introduced it has eliminated greater than 75 million “spammy tracks” from its platform over the previous yr because it unveiled new AI music insurance policies.
Elsewhere, Common Music Group and Sony Music partnered with analysis lab SoundPatrol to detect AI music copyright theft utilizing groundbreaking neural fingerprinting know-how.
Additionally this week, Donald Trump signed an govt order paving the way in which for a TikTok deal that may switch US operations to American buyers.
Listed here are a number of the greatest headlines from the previous few days…
1. MLC CAN FILE AMENDED COMPLAINT IN ‘BUNDLING’ LAWSUIT AGAINST SPOTIFY, COURT SAYS
The Mechanical Licensing Collective has secured an important procedural ruling in its authorized battle with Spotify over streaming royalty funds.
On Thursday (September 25), the Federal District Courtroom in New York issued an order granting The MLC’s request to file an amended criticism within the case.
The unique criticism, filed by the Mechanical Licensing Collective final Might, alleged that Spotify considerably underpaid royalties after its determination to report its Premium subscription streaming choices as bundles.
The MLC should file its amended criticism by October 2, 2025… (MBW)
Spotify has deleted 75m+ ‘spammy tracks’ – because it unveils new AI music insurance policies
Spotify has eliminated greater than 75 million “spammy tracks” from its platform over the previous yr, the streaming large revealed this week because it introduced a set of latest insurance policies for managing AI-generated content material on its service.
The determine was disclosed throughout a press briefing this week, the place executives outlined a three-pronged method to fight AI-enabled fraud whereas supporting respectable creative use of synthetic intelligence instruments.
“Previously 12 months alone, a interval marked by the explosion of generative AI instruments, we’ve eliminated over 75 million spammy tracks from Spotify,” the corporate confirmed in its official weblog put up asserting the measures.
The announcement comes because the streaming business grapples with an unprecedented inflow of AI-generated content material… (MBW)
3. UNIVERSAL AND SONY MUSIC PARTNER WITH NEW PLATFORM TO DETECT AI MUSIC COPYRIGHT THEFT USING ‘GROUNDBREAKING NEURAL FINGERPRINTING’ TECHNOLOGY
Common Music Group and Sony Music plan to make use of what they name “groundbreaking neural fingerprinting applied sciences” to detect copyright infringement in AI-generated music.
The 2 main music corporations have every partnered with a analysis lab known as SoundPatrol, which has developed a patent-pending methodology to research music.
SoundPatrol, which originated at Stanford College, is growing what it calls a “forensic AI mannequin for audio-video fingerprinting,” which it claims “represents a step change from present detection strategies.”
The partnership arrives as rightsholders face mounting challenges from AI music mills that allegedly use copyrighted materials with out permission to coach their fashions. The RIAA has instances going in opposition to AI startups Udio and Suno. The majors additionally filed an amended criticism in opposition to the latter firm just some days in the past, accusing it of unlawful “stream-ripping”.
UMG and Sony Music-backed SoundPatrol was co-founded by Michael Ovitz, the distinguished leisure exec who co-founded Artistic Artists Company, and Walter De Brouwer, a famous linguist and entrepreneur… (MBW)
4. TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER PAVING WAY FOR ‘$14BN’ US TIKTOK DEAL
A deal to switch TikTok’s US operations to US homeowners seems to be getting nearer.
Donald Trump yesterday (September 25) signed an govt order offering the authorized framework for a “certified divestiture” that may switch majority management of TikTok’s US operations to American buyers, although the deal nonetheless requires Chinese language authorities approval.
The manager order, titled “Saving TikTok Whereas Defending Nationwide Safety,” establishes the construction for a transaction that may permit TikTok’s 170 million US customers to proceed accessing the video-sharing platform beneath strict new safety protocols, whereas granting a 120-day enforcement delay to finalize the deal.
Talking on Thursday, Vice President JD Vance stated the proposed transaction would worth TikTok’s US operations at “round $14 billion.”… (MBW)
5. INSPIRED BY ANTHROPIC’S $1.5B BOOK PIRACY PAYOUT, RECORD LABELS ACCUSE SUNO OF ILLEGALLY ‘STREAM RIPPING’ MUSIC FROM YOUTUBE
The most important music corporations have escalated their copyright infringement lawsuit in opposition to AI music technology firm Suno, submitting an amended criticism that alleges the startup illegally “stream ripped” copyrighted recordings from YouTube to coach its AI fashions.
The amended criticism, filed on September 19, 2025, within the US District Courtroom for the District of Massachusetts and obtained by MBW, introduces damaging new allegations that Suno “acquired many (if not all) of the copyrighted sound recordings in its coaching knowledge by illicitly downloading them from YouTube utilizing a infamous methodology of music piracy generally known as ‘stream ripping.’”
The criticism means that Suno might have ‘stream-ripped’ tens of millions of copyrighted sound recordings to coach its mannequin.
The timing of the brand new allegations seems straight linked to Anthropic’s current USD $1.5 billion settlement with authors, who claimed the service obtained pirated books to coach its AI fashions… (MBW)
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