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Music Ally reported that distributor Symphonic has partnered with ArtyShield to give its clients access to AI-protection tools, including some at no cost. The offer includes MusicShield, a product designed to help protect music before release from unauthorized AI use. The partnership makes preventive AI-use protection available through Symphonic's client services instead of requiring artists and rightsholders to find a separate provider.
A federal judge in Illinois declined to dismiss independent artists’ copyright class action against Udio, but did so without prejudice and transferred the case to the Southern District of New York. Udio may renew its dismissal request there, so the order does not decide whether the artists’ copyright and related claims will proceed. The move places the dispute in the district handling other Udio litigation.
South Korea’s KOMCA began accepting AI-assisted songs for registration and royalties when a human made a substantial contribution to the writing, composition, or arrangement. Applicants must disclose the AI-assisted parts, tools used, and their own creative role; prompt-only AI works remain ineligible. False filings can trigger royalty holds, repayment demands, or termination of the creator’s trust contract.
A Munich court ruled that Suno infringed copyright in GEMA’s case over the AI music generator, according to Music Business Worldwide, citing Reuters. The dispute concerns GEMA’s allegation that Suno used, stored and reproduced copyrighted music for training without a licence or payment to rightsholders. Because the decision is at first instance and can still be appealed, the legal outcome is not yet final.
Independent publishing groups IMPEL and IMPF are working with Warner Music Group-owned Sureel AI on a closed sandbox to test whether its attribution technology can support fair compensation for songwriters and publishers. Participating publishers will use selected repertoire only inside the defined trial, with no works provided for AI training. The project is an evaluation of attribution evidence, not a licensing agreement or commercial deployment.
Music manager Lucas Keller, producer Oak Felder and Chateaubriand Ventures have sued SoundPatrol and related defendants, alleging they helped develop its copyright-detection software but were not compensated. The complaint seeks more than $5 million, punitive damages, patent-assignment rescission and enforcement of stock options. SoundPatrol, whose technology has been used in a Universal and Sony collaboration to detect copyrighted music in AI tracks, had not responded to the report's request for comment.
