Music publishers appear to have resolved their legal battle with X (formerly Twitter) but it remains unclear whether that resolution includes licensing deals or some kind of financial settlement.
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Merlin awarded more than $3.2m in legal battle with Triller
Social-media platform Triller has faced various lawsuits from music rightsholders over royalty payments in recent years. Merlin is another of the litigants, and now it has won a default judgement in its case.
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Artistik License’s Coffee for Contracts offers pro bono legal support for musicians
The ‘Coffee for Contracts’ initiative involves offering pro bono legal support to creative professionals every July.
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Midjourney wants the studios suing it to reveal their AI usage
It’s not just AI-music companies being sued by rightsholders. Hollywood studios have also been slapping some GenAI disrupters with lawsuits.
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Judge knocks back Sony Music attempt to expand Udio lawsuit
AI-music startup Udio may have reached licensing deals with UMG, WMG, Merlin and the NMPA – settling lawsuits filed by the first two in the process – but Sony Music […]
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David Rowntree responds to appeals ruling over PRS for Music class action
Musician David Rowntree has responded to the news of his lost appeal against a ruling concerning his class-action against PRS for Music.
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Musician David Rowntree loses appeal in PRS for Music battle
Blur drummer Dave Rowntree has received another, seemingly-final setback in his battle against UK collecting society PRS for Music.
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UK competition watchdog levies £900k fine on StubHub UK and orders additional £590k refund to customers
The UK’s Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) watchdog has levied a £900,000 fine on StubHub UK for “drip pricing” and ordered it to also refund 50,000 customers to the tune of £590,000 – on average around £10 per transaction.
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‘No Fakes Act’ takes its next step towards becoming US law
The ‘No Fakes Act’ is the proposed US legislation tackling unauthorised AI deepfakes, which was recently reintroduced for a third time in the Senate.
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Hello, is it Lionel Richie’s vocal trademarks you’re looking for?
Richie has become the latest artist to file trademark applications focused on his voice, in an effort to protect himself from unauthorised exploitation by AI cloning.
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Napster parent firm’s $3bn investor is now facing fraud charges
Last time we checked in on Napster, in November 2025, its parent company Infinite Reality was claiming to be a “victim of misconduct” relating to a $3bn funding round that had vanished. […]
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Lexic launches legal mentorship programme for Indian independent acts
Music lawyer Sandhya Surendran, who runs Lexic, is marking the tenth anniversary of her Bengaluru-based law firm with the launch of Lighthouse, an initiative through which four Indian or Indian-origin […]
