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UMG sues DistroKid, alleging it distributes AI-generated music masquerading as artist-backed releases and knowingly "proliferates" copyright-infringing tracks (Tim Ingham/Music Business Worldwide)
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/uni

Universal Music Group sues DistroKid, accusing it of ‘unlawful practices’ and ‘flooding platforms with
Key parts of UMG’s suit center on DistroKid’s alleged involvement with AI-made music.

UMG sues DistroKid, alleging it distributes AI-generated music masquerading as artist-backed releases and knowingly "proliferates" copyright-infringing tracks (Tim Ingham/Music Business Worldwide)
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/uni

Universal Music Group sues DistroKid, accusing it of ‘unlawful practices’ and ‘flooding platforms with
Key parts of UMG’s suit center on DistroKid’s alleged involvement with AI-made music.

Google adds a toggle in Gemini and Flow to remove visible watermarks from AI generated images, videos, and music; SynthID watermarks and C2PA metadata remain (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/980416/google-gemini-ai-watermarks-removal

You can now turn off Google Gemini’s visible watermarks
Google will now allow users to remove visible watermarks from images, videos, and music generated with Gemini and its other AI tools. 

Google adds a toggle in Gemini and Flow to remove visible watermarks from AI-generated images, videos, and music; SynthID watermarks and C2PA metadata remain (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/980416/google-gemini-ai-watermarks-removal

You can now turn off Google Gemini’s visible watermarks
Google will now allow users to remove visible watermarks from images, videos, and music generated with Gemini and its other AI tools. 

The IFPI says music companies and distributors agreed on new rules to combat the use of AI-generated music to defraud streaming services and divert royalties (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/c1f17709-7fc8-4afc-8ac9-38cd923f0064

The IFPI says music companies and distributors agreed on new rules to combat the use of AI-generated music to defraud streaming services and divert royalties (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/c1f17709-7fc8-4afc-8ac9-38cd923f0064

Seems like a pretty good update from Tidal. AI music is getting out of hand on that platform. We'll see if they have it in them to get this done.
#music #tidal #ai

Tidal Says It Won’t Pay Royalties for AI-Generated Music https://www.404media.co/tidal-says-it-wont-pay-royalties-for-ai-generated-music/

Spotify plans to roll out AI Persona labeling in mid-September for profiles that do "not represent a real person"; the system uses human review and AI tools (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/977815/spotify-ai-persona…

Spotify says it won’t recommend music from ‘AI Personas’
Spotify will label artists as “AI Personas” if their identities appear to be AI-generated. The music streaming platform will also remove music from AI Personas from personalized recommendations.

Spotify says it will roll out an "AI Persona" badge in September for profiles that do "not represent a real person" and exclude their music from recommendations (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/977815/spot…

Spotify says it won’t recommend music from ‘AI Personas’
Spotify will label artists as “AI Personas” if their identities appear to be AI-generated. The music streaming platform will also remove music from AI Personas from personalized recommendations.

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The Thing by Tomora, Aurora, Tom Rowlands
https://lynkify.in/song/the-thing/72508180

Tidal adopts an AI policy that blocks wholly AI-generated music from earning royalties and removes AI-generated music that impersonates artists (Murray Stassen/Music Business Worldwide)
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/tid

TIDAL to automatically tag AI-generated music… and block it from earning royalties
TIDAL is introducing an AI policy that will automatically tag wholly AI-generated music in its app…

Tidal adopts an AI policy that blocks wholly AI-generated music from earning royalties and removes AI-generated music that impersonates artists (Murray Stassen/Music Business Worldwide)
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/tid

TIDAL to automatically tag AI-generated music… and block it from earning royalties
TIDAL is introducing an AI policy that will automatically tag wholly AI-generated music in its app…

Email: Apple Music tells industry partners that songs tagged as "materially generated using AI" by content providers will be visibly labeled on the service (Kristin Robinson/Billboard)
https://www.billboard.com/pro/apple-music-to-label-ai-generated-music/

Apple Music to Add Labels for AI-Generated Music Later This Year
Apple Music will add labels for AI-generated music later this year.

Just Trying to Figure Out My Job by vlogbrothers
The Hank Green AI Policy
1. No portion of any script will be written, edited, or outlined by an LLM.
2. The thesis of a video will always originate with a human.
3. No image or music in a video will be generated by AI. If something is accidentally included, best efforts will be made to remove it.

Email: Apple Music tells industry partners that songs tagged as "materially generated using AI" by content providers will be visibly labeled on the service (Kristin Robinson/Billboard)
https://www.billboard.com/pro/apple-music-to-label-ai-generated-music/

Apple Music to Add Labels for AI-Generated Music Later This Year
Apple Music will add labels for AI-generated music later this year.

Australia's ARIA says songs created mostly or entirely by AI will be excluded from its charts; a song that used AI became the most-played song on radio in July (Cam Wilson/ABC)
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-25/ai-generated-music-to-…

AI-generated music to be banned from ARIA charts
Songs created mostly or entirely by artificial intelligence will be excluded from Australia's official music charts from this Friday.

Australia's ARIA says songs created mostly or entirely by AI will be excluded from its charts; a song that used AI became the most-played song on radio in July (Cam Wilson/ABC)
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-25/ai-generated-music-to-…

AI-generated music to be banned from ARIA charts
Songs created mostly or entirely by artificial intelligence will be excluded from Australia's official music charts from this Friday.

Music producers are calling out tracks suspected of using AI tools like Suno, as the internet becomes increasingly filled with AI-generated music (Charles Pulliam-Moore/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/985866/h4rris-nihil-young-edm-suno-ai…

Musicians-turned-detectives are hunting for AI grifters
The spread of AI-generated EDM music is creating a culture of callouts and mistrust among artists.

UMG, WMG, Sony, and other record companies propose a set of principles for how AI-generated songs should be considered for chart eligibility (Ariel King/Billboard)
https://www.billboard.com/pro/umg-wmg-sony-propose-principles-ai-song-chart-eligibility…

UMG, WMG, Sony Music, HYBE, Believe, BMG & More Propose New Principles for AI Song Chart Eligibility
Universal Music, Warner Music, Sony Music, HYBE, Believe and more proposed guidelines on how AI songs should be considered for chart eligibility.

A top Disney and ESPN exec told staff that a beta version of an AI tool to create TV ads will debut in July, to serve smaller businesses without video assets (Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/disneys-ai-generated-tv-ads-set-to-launch-…

Disney's AI-generated TV ads set to launch in July
Disney is launching AI-generated TV ads in July. A new tool generates scripts, music, and video to streamline ad creation.

Working on some videos for my new vocal quartet... Didn't realise there were auto-generated subtitles on Peertube.
We're, unfortunately, not singing about toast much. Yet.
#music #singing #ClassicalSinging #ClassicalMusic #baritone #SingersLife