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A dispute between Tony Bennett’s children over the management of the late singer’s rights and legacy has gone legal. Bennett’s business affairs were long managed by his son Danny, but his sisters now say their brother exploited his position of power to boost his own earnings to their detriment

CMU has been able to get Suno AI to generate entire lyrics for well known songs, something that the company’s founder Mikey Shulman has previously implied should not be possible because of its “aggressive originality-guarding features” that stop people “trying to copy existing music”

Korean collecting society KOMCA has told its members that songs and compositions created using AI cannot be registered with the organisation. Which means if AI has played any role in the creation of a song, it can’t be registered or earn royalties. At least for the time being

Donald Trump has issued an executive order instructing the FTC to ramp up its efforts regulating ticket scalpers in the US, including by better enforcing the BOTS Act. Although scalper-centric, the order could also impact on the wider ticketing business, and especially Live Nation and Ticketmaster

While Triller let many of its music licences lapse a few years ago, indie label digital rights organisation Merlin is still owed $2.5 million from a 2020 licensing deal. The extra payment was due because of a most favoured nation clause in that deal. Merlin has now sued to get its money