Musicians Union Sues Universal and Warner Over AI Use
The union says the labels licensed recordings to Suno and Udio without notifying or paying about 70,000 musicians it represents.
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The DerrickMusicians shortchanged by AI deals with labels, lawsuit alleges
American Federation of Musicians alleges that Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group have not compensated musicians as part of the companies' settlement with AI companies Suno and Udio.
US musicians’ union sues Universal and Warner over AI deals, claims breach of ‘new use’ clause in record industry’s performer agreement
The American Federation Of Musicians has sued Universal Music and Warner Music over their licensing deals with AI company Udio. Warner is also being sued in relation to its Suno deal. The union, which represents professional musicians in the US, claims that the majors have twice breached the AFM-negotiated Sound Recording Labor Agreement, used by American labels and musicians, since signing their AI deals. First, by failing to declare what reco…
Musicians Union Challenges Major Labels on AI Compensation
Photo credits: Luca Luperto The American Federation of Musicians (AFM) has filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG) and Warner Music Group (WMG), alleging that the major labels violated their collective bargaining agreement regarding the use of music by AI companies. Filed on Friday, June 5, the lawsuit claims that UMG and WMG have licensed sound recordings featuring AFM-represented musicians to AI music companies Suno and Udio witho…
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