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Suno's hacked code confirms 381,813 hours of scraped audio. A Munich court ruled they broke the law. And the AFM wants to know why a $500M settlement never reached the musicians.
Inside the DistroKid buyout, Universal's purchase of CD Baby, the Red Hot Chili Peppers catalog sale and the Native Instruments deal. This is the silent collapse of indie music infrastructure.
Inside the NO FAKES Act, the 31-organization artist revolt against AI licensing deals, and the Trump-Live Nation phone call that probably re-shaped a DOJ settlement.
A Suno user sued Spotify for harming indie artists. Meanwhile, 21M copyrighted songs circulate among AI developers and Suno is fighting in court to hide the full scale of what it took.
AI remixes. AI narrators. A ticket deal with a convicted monopolist. Spotify told Wall Street exactly what it's building, and it has very little to do with paying artists more.
An AI company now controls your live music data. A federal judge just made sure you can't sue Spotify. And even stadium-touring artists can't sell tickets. Welcome to the music industry in 2026.
A Live Nation monopoly verdict. A $14 billion "independent" label. A DistroKid sale. The music industry's consolidation is in its final stages.
From a folk singer demonetized by her own deepfakes to a fake AI ‘artist’ holding 11 iTunes chart slots, the infrastructure meant to protect artists is now being weaponized against them
A Live Nation exec called YOU "stupid." Charlie Puth just signed with an AI company. And a band with 500 million streams is suing their label for $800,000 that was never paid.
A $25.2 billion empire is locking down stadiums from Buenos Aires to Milan and the last independent space in music is shrinking faster than you think
