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Major Labels Sue Over AI, Ye Settles Copyright Case, Megan Beats Lawsuit & More Music Law News
AI lawsuit, Kanye settles, Megan Thee Stallion ruling and more music law news, including cases involving Madonna, Young Thug and Kelsea Ballerini.
This is The Legal Beat, a weekly newsletter about music law from Billboard Pro, offering you a one-stop cheat sheet of big new cases, important rulings and all the fun stuff in between. But the new case, spearheaded by the Recording Industry Association of America, is the first to deal with sound and music itself, targeting two companies that are offering models that spit out full songs at the push of a button. Udio has already produced what could be considered an AI-generated hit song with “BBL Drizzy,” a parody track popularized with a remix by super-producer Metro Boomin and later sampled by Drake himself.
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