How content farms invented a court case — and who repeated it
"Bartz v. SoundAI" is cited across AI-music explainers as a Second Circuit fair-use precedent. It does not exist. We checked every docket.
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Analysis
"Warner is out, Sony is in: the actual state of the AI-music lawsuits"
Press releases say "settled." The dockets say otherwise — per plaintiff, the two landmark cases against Suno and Udio look very different.
Briefs
TIDAL's AI policy takes effect — labels on, royalties off for fully AI tracks
From today, TIDAL labels music it determines is wholly AI-generated and removes it from royalty attribution.
Suno raises "over $400M" — the exact number is the claim, not the fact
The Series D makes Suno the best-funded pure AI-music company. The amount is a party claim; the litigation backdrop is a docket fact.
The music industry now has voluntary AI labels — and no transport layer
IFPI, RIAA, A2IM, WIN, IMPALA, the Recording Academy, SAG-AFTRA and the Human Artistry Campaign announced two track-level labels. Implementation is the missing chapter.
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