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AI in music

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Digital Music NewsIndustry‘Peanuts’ Music Copyrights Owner Lee Mendelson Film Productions Settles Infringement Suit Against ‘Snoopy & The Great Mystery Club’ Publisher GameMill Photo Credit: COSMOH Six months later, Peanuts music owner Lee Mendelson Film Productions (LMFP) and video game publisher GameMill Entertainment have settled their copyright dispute.

11.13

Music Business WorldwideIndustryReservoir expands copyright lawsuits against Suno and Anthropic to more than 2,500 songs combined Reservoir first sued the two AI companies in October Source

11.13

Complete Music UpdateIndustryGetty v Stability ruling could allow AI companies to “offshore” training to circumvent UK copyright law, says BPI The big British legal battle that is exploring the copyright obligations of AI companies, involving Getty Images and Stability AI , was back in court this week, with record industry trade group BPI…

11.13

SunoAI toolsSuno Bridge: Your DAW, Suno-powered. Get Suno in your session with our new standalone Mac app

11.13

Music AllyIndustryBeatBread’s new advisory board included execs from Meta and Suno Recently-appointed BeatBread CEO Andreea Gleeson has wasted no time in bringing in some additional expertise as the music-funding firm plans its next moves.

11.13

Music AllyIndustrySuno boss talks streaming fraud: ‘AI music is not a crime’ Suno CEO Mikey Shulman has criticised what he describes as a “sleight of hand” of “equating streaming fraud with AI music”, while stressing that his company is doing more work behind the scenes to…

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Digital Music NewsIndustryReservoir Expands Its Suno and Anthropic Infringement Lawsuits; Publisher Now Seeks Nearly $450 Million in Statutory Damages Photo Credit: Planet Volumes Reservoir Media has supersized its Suno and Anthropic copyright infringement complaints, which are now demanding a combined total of nearly $450 million in statutory…

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Music Business WorldwideIndustrybeatBread forms advisory board including executives from Meta and Suno Announcement follows the appointment of Andreea Gleeson as CEO of beatBread in September Source

11.12

Music Business WorldwideIndustryNVIDIA’s venture arm asks court to block UMG and Sony’s demand for testimony in Suno lawsuit, calling itself a ‘passive minority investor’ NVentures says it has already handed the labels 6,324 documents running to 28,194 pages. Source

11.12

Synth AnatomySynthsAI is turning Apple’s app review process into a nightmare for developers The surge of AI-generated apps is overwhelming Apple’s app review process, leaving developers caught in the crossfire – two examples among many.

11.12

Pro Sound EffectsStudios & prosHuman Rights in an AI World A perspective on AI and the future of sound By Douglas Price, Founder & CEO of Pro Sound Effects | Chair, Professional Sound Alliance

11.12

LALAL.AIAI toolsLALAL.AI Wins at the 16th Annual Lovie Awards in Two Categories LALAL.AI has been named a winner at the 16th Annual Lovie Awards, Europe’s leading celebration of internet excellence.

11.12

SynchtankIndustryWhy Storytelling Beats the Algorithm: JC Sanchez on Music Data and AI We sat down with JC Sanchez to discuss why niche storytelling beats algorithmic formulas, what it actually takes to turn streaming spikes into ticket sales, and why cleaning up messy catalog metadata…

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AudiofaderEuropeiZotope Photon: stem separation alla velocità della luce - Review Dodici modelli AI, un’interfaccia essenziale e una rapidità di elaborazione impressionante. Photon convince soprattutto nel restauro della voce e nell’audio cinematografico; sulla separazione…

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Digital Music NewsIndustryNvidia Moves to Quash ‘Burdensome’ UMG v. Suno Deposition Subpoena, Says It’s Already Produced Over 6,300 Documents Photo Credit: Amir Shtanger The third-party subpoena disputes aren’t finished in UMG v. Suno : Now, Nvidia is firing back against the non-Warner majors’ demand for information about its investment in…

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Scoring NotesDAW & pluginsHas AI wrought the right way to write a scorewriter? New notation apps arrive almost daily, and anyone can ask an AI to build the software of their dreams.

11.07

MIDiA ResearchIndustryNew MIDiA data: Consumers are more accepting of AI music than they admit Anyone who studies consumer behaviour knows that what people say matters to them does not always align with how they act.

11.05

Ari's TakeIndustryArtist Manager on Music Marketing, Artist Branding and Gen AI Listen on your favorite podcast platform: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Acast This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Charlie Stent, Founder and CEO of Stent Music Group, to…

11.04

iZotope BlogMakersIntroducing iZotope Photon: AI stem separation and noise reduction Ever needed just the vocal from a finished song? Or tried to rescue an interview buried under traffic noise?

11.03

ArdourDAW & pluginsArdour development and AI So, Robin and I (Paul) have begun some discussion about the possible role of LLM-based “AI” in the development of Ardour.

10.27

Deezer NewsroomIndustryDeezer’s AI music detection tool named to TIME’s list of Best Inventions of 2026 Paris, October 15, 2026 – Deezer (Paris Euronext: DEEZR), the global music experiences platform, has been named to TIME’s list of the Best Inventions of 2026.

10.15

The Pro Audio SuiteVoicesIs AI Killing Voiceover? Not So Fast AI is killing voiceover. Or is it? An email to George kicks off a much bigger conversation this week about what artificial intelligence is actually doing to voiceover and audio production right now…

09.21
MOTU

MOTUMakersDigital Performer 12 Ships with support for Dolby Atmos™ mixing, AI-powered stem separation MOTU is now shipping Digital Performer version 12, a major upgrade to their flagship audio workstation software.

09.15
Ableton Music Producer Podcast

Ableton Music Producer PodcastVoices#212 - Flosstradamus & Underbelly: AI, New Production Tools & The Future of Music Flosstradamus and Underbelly talk about the rapidly changing world of music production, AI, and new tools for Ableton Live.

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