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Stability AI has won its copyright dispute with Getty Images in the UK courts. This began as what many saw as the landmark AI copyright case under UK law, of relevance to all rights owners, including in the music industry. However, in the end the judge only considered a very narrow copyright issue

We have another music industry AI lawsuit in Europe. Danish collecting society Koda is suing Suno which it says has stolen “our members’ creative work and fed it into its machines without consent, transparency or remuneration”. It follows German society GEMA in suing Suno for copyright infringement

Spotify is being sued for allegedly “turning a blind eye” to streaming fraud. Rapper RBX says that Spotify’s anti-fraud procedures are “nothing more than window dressing”, because the streaming service benefits from having fraudsters set up accounts. He’s suing for negligence and unfair competition

Our selection of five releases that cut through the noise last week, from ROSALÍA’s, Björk, Yves Tumor, Swank Mami, EsDeeKid, Florence + the Machine, Chy Cartier + Lil Yachty

Last week Universal Music settled its legal dispute with AI company Udio and licensed a new AI-powered music service that Udio will launch next year. While it’s good Udio is engaging with the industry, that deal raises an assortment of concerns and questions, says the US Music Artists Coalition