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Music publishers sue Anthropic for $3 billion over illegal downloading of 20,000 songs

Universal Music Group and Concord Music Group lead a coalition of music publishers in a $3 billion lawsuit against Anthropic, accusing the AI company of illegally downloading over 20,000 copyrighted songs to train Claude. The suit alleges flagrant piracy through shadow libraries, marking one of the largest non-class action copyright cases in U.S. history.

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Music publishers sue Anthropic for $3 billion over illegal downloading of 20,000 songs

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Deezer opens AI detection tool to rival platforms to combat fraudulent music streams

Deezer is making its AI detection tool commercially available to rival streaming platforms including Spotify, aiming to combat the flood of AI-generated music. The company reports receiving 60,000 fully AI-generated tracks daily, with 85% of streams from such content deemed fraudulent. The tool achieves 99.8% accuracy and has already been licensed to French royalty agency Sacem.

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Deezer opens AI detection tool to rival platforms to combat fraudulent music streams

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Napster relaunches as AI music platform, letting users co-create with AI artists instead of streaming

The once-notorious music piracy site Napster has returned as an AI-first platform focused on music creation rather than streaming. Users can now generate tracks with AI collaborators across multiple genres, while the company faces a $9.2 million lawsuit from Sony Music over unpaid royalties and declares that major labels are obsolete in the new era of music.

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Napster relaunches as AI music platform, letting users co-create with AI artists instead of streaming

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UK Watchdog Pushes Google to Let Publishers Opt Out of AI Overviews Amid Traffic Concerns

Britain's Competition and Markets Authority proposed measures requiring Google to allow publishers to opt out of having their content used in AI Overviews. The move comes after news organizations reported significant drops in website traffic since Google rolled out AI-generated summaries at the top of search results. Google says it's exploring updates to provide opt-out controls while maintaining search helpfulness.

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UK Watchdog Pushes Google to Let Publishers Opt Out of AI Overviews Amid Traffic Concerns

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Master Chief Actor Steve Downes Draws the Line on AI Voice Cloning: 'I Don't Like It'

Steve Downes, the iconic voice behind Halo's Master Chief, has publicly condemned the use of AI voice cloning technology to replicate his performance. In a YouTube AMA, Downes said deceptive AI reproductions cross a line into uncomfortable territory, joining a growing chorus of voice actors raising ethical concerns about generative AI in the entertainment industry.

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Master Chief Actor Steve Downes Draws the Line on AI Voice Cloning: 'I Don't Like It'

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Adobe launches Firefly Foundry with IP-safe AI models for entertainment industry workflows

Adobe introduces Firefly Foundry, offering IP-safe gen AI models trained exclusively on proprietary content for studios and filmmakers. The platform partners with directors like David Ayer and agencies including Creative Artists Agency to streamline production workflows while safeguarding intellectual property rights throughout pre-production to post-production stages.

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Adobe launches Firefly Foundry with IP-safe AI models for entertainment industry workflows

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800 Artists Launch AI Campaign Against Copyright Infringement, Demanding Licensing Over Theft

Around 800 artists, writers, actors, and musicians—including Scarlett Johansson, Cate Blanchett, and R.E.M.—have signed onto a new campaign called "Stealing Isn't Innovation" against what they describe as theft at a grand scale by AI companies. The Human Artistry Campaign-backed effort demands licensing deals and opt-out rights, accusing tech firms of copying massive amounts of creative content without authorization to train generative AI models.

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800 Artists Launch AI Campaign Against Copyright Infringement, Demanding Licensing Over Theft

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ElevenLabs releases AI music album with Liza Minnelli and Art Garfunkel amid industry shift

ElevenLabs launched The Eleven Album on Spotify, featuring Grammy winners Liza Minnelli and Art Garfunkel in what the AI audio company calls an artist-led collaboration. The 13-track album showcases how musicians can use AI tools while retaining full authorship, streaming revenue, and commercial rights. The release comes as major music labels shift from fighting AI platforms to signing licensing agreements.

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ElevenLabs releases AI music album with Liza Minnelli and Art Garfunkel amid industry shift

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Nvidia accused of seeking pirated books from shadow library to train AI models amid lawsuit

Nvidia faces expanded allegations in a class-action lawsuit claiming the company sought high-speed access to 500 terabytes of pirated books from Anna's Archive for AI training. Internal emails reportedly show management approved the deal despite warnings about illegally obtained data, raising questions about how tech giants source training data for their language models.

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Nvidia accused of seeking pirated books from shadow library to train AI models amid lawsuit

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IFPI Sweden Bans AI-Generated Hit Song from National Charts, Sparking Industry Debate

Sweden's music industry body IFPI Sweden has excluded a viral folk-pop song by 'Jacub' from its official charts after discovering the track was partly AI-generated music. The song amassed over 5 million Spotify streams and topped the platform's Swedish rankings before investigative journalist Emanuel Karlsten revealed its AI origins. The decision highlights tensions between AI music innovation and human creativity as the industry grapples with transparency and royalty payment concerns.

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IFPI Sweden Bans AI-Generated Hit Song from National Charts, Sparking Industry Debate

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Cloudflare acquires Human Native to build transparent marketplace for AI training data

Cloudflare has acquired Human Native, an AI data marketplace connecting content creators with AI developers, for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2024, Human Native helps rights holders transform content into AI-ready data while maintaining control over licensing and pricing. The acquisition advances Cloudflare's vision of building a transparent content economy where creators can monetize their work for AI training.

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Cloudflare acquires Human Native to build transparent marketplace for AI training data

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Major publishers join Google AI lawsuit alleging massive copyright infringement in Gemini training

Hachette Book Group and Cengage Group filed a motion to intervene in an existing class-action lawsuit against Google, accusing the tech giant of orchestrating historic copyright infringement to build its Gemini AI platform. The complaint alleges Google scraped books from piracy-linked websites rather than obtaining proper licenses, with the C4 training dataset containing content from at least 28 sites identified by the U.S. government as markets for piracy.

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Major publishers join Google AI lawsuit alleging massive copyright infringement in Gemini training

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Wikipedia at 25 faces existential threat from AI while signing major licensing deals

Wikipedia celebrates its 25th anniversary confronting a fundamental challenge to its survival. The crowdsourced encyclopedia has lost over one billion visits between 2022 and 2025 as AI-powered search engines and chatbots increasingly summarize information without directing users to source sites. Meanwhile, the Wikimedia Foundation announced new AI licensing deals with Amazon, Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Perplexity, and Mistral AI to monetize the heavy bot traffic straining its infrastructure.

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Wikipedia at 25 faces existential threat from AI while signing major licensing deals

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Matthew McConaughey trademarks himself to fight AI misuse and unauthorized deepfakes

Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey has secured eight trademarks from the US Patent and Trademark Office to protect his voice and image from unauthorized AI impersonations. The move marks the first time an actor has used trademark law to combat AI-generated deepfakes, creating a potential legal precedent as Hollywood grapples with digital identity theft.

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Matthew McConaughey trademarks himself to fight AI misuse and unauthorized deepfakes

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British Government Resets AI Copyright Policy After Rejecting Opt-Out Model for Creators

The British government has abandoned its controversial opt-out approach to AI copyright rules, admitting the initial proposal was a mistake. Technology minister Liz Kendall announced a policy review due in March will prioritize protecting creators' rights and fair compensation while still unlocking AI's economic potential in the ongoing copyright battle between AI and creators.

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British Government Resets AI Copyright Policy After Rejecting Opt-Out Model for Creators

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