As we head into the end of November, Spotify Wrapped 2025 is due to be released any day now. Discussed among friends and shared across social media, Wrapped is generally perceived by subscribers as a celebration of their own year …
From Infringement to Innovation: How UMG’s Udio Settlement Reframes Fair Use and AI in Music
In an attempt to coevolve with the new age of technology, Universal Music Group (“UMG”), the world’s biggest music label, announced on October 29, 2025, that they settled a copyright infringement case with Udio, an artificial intelligence (“AI”) music company. …
All Together Now: How Songview is Changing the Tune on Transparency
Before the Internet and technological advances, licensing musical compositions and sound recordings was difficult. Intellectual property rights, like reproduction, creating derivatives, distribution, and public performance, were often owned by entities like music publishers, record labels, or independent distributors, who were …