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Music IP Holdings opened a generative-AI patent portfolio for licensing, with Udio and GRAI as its first technology licensees. The framework covers stages from prompting and moderation through watermarking, authorization, distribution and payment, and the companies say the licenses will support covers, remixes and other interactive music services while adding controls against unauthorized redistribution.
Alibaba has opened HappyShrimp 1.0 in beta, turning a written prompt into a finished song with melody, arrangement, lyrics and vocals. The company also announced a collaboration with Taihe Music Group for artist co-creation and content development, placing the new model alongside established AI music generators while leaving the partnership's recording-licensing scope unspecified.
Round Hill Music filed separate copyright lawsuits against Suno and Anthropic in California federal court. Each complaint lists 500 compositions as a representative set, says the case may expand to 10,000 or more works, and requests up to $150,000 for each work found willfully infringed. Both complaints demand jury trials; the Suno case also names Bright Data companies.
Jamendo filed a voluntary dismissal of its U.S. copyright lawsuit against Suno on August 13. The dismissal is without prejudice, so Jamendo may bring the same claims again; the filing gave no reason for the withdrawal and did not mention a settlement. For now, this specific case ends without a court ruling on Jamendo's allegations.
Suno launched Studio 2.0, adding MIDI support, a beta AI chat bar, advanced stem separation, and new audio effects and automation. The browser-based workstation gives Premier subscribers more control over notes, arrangement, sound design, and multitrack exports, moving Suno beyond prompt-only song generation. Suno also says Studio exports will remain outside the download limits being introduced for its other plans.
Spotify and Kobalt signed a licensing agreement for Spotify's upcoming AI-powered covers and remixes tool, its first publishing deal for the product outside Universal Music Group. The planned paid Premium add-on is intended to use works from participating songwriters and let songwriters and artists share in the value created. Spotify has not confirmed the tool's launch date or price, so the agreement expands rights coverage ahead of release.
