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SOURCES: MBW · CMU · MUSIC ALLY · MUSIC TECH POLICY · TECHCRUNCH
░ AI & COPYRIGHT
▶T-Pain claims he was short-changed after royalties diverted to Akon’s brother
T-Pain has sued Akon’s Konvict Entertainment in a royalties dispute. He claims he should get 75% of the $1.3 million Sony recently sent through from the sales and streams of his fi
11 SEPT 2026
▶Suno unveils upgrade developed with “music industry partners”, while continuing to battle the music industry in court
Suno has unveiled v6 of its music AI platform, which has been developed with its industry partners like Warner Music, BMG and Believe. However, even as it starts to work with some
09 SEPT 2026
▶Suno replaces its AI models with a new one trained on licensed music as copyright suits pile up
As it grapples with a bevy of lawsuits, Suno said its new model, Suno v6, is not trained using music it used to train previous versions of the AI model.
09 SEPT 2026
▶Panel Update: Artist Rights Symposium 5 at University of Georgia on October 19
Save the date for Artist Rights Symposium V, October 19, 2026, in Athens, Georgia, sponsored by the Artist Rights Institute and the University of Georgia Music Business Certificate
08 SEPT 2026
▶Latest Suno lawsuit accuses AI company of violating the publicity rights of musicians rather than infringing their copyrights
Suno is facing another lawsuit from the music industry. But this time it’s not a copyright lawsuit. A group of musicians claim Suno has violated their US publicity rights by “encod
02 SEPT 2026
░ STREAMING & REVENUE
▶Spotify co-founder Martin Lorentzon says he'll leave Sweden ‘immediately’ if a wealth tax is introduced (report)
Sweden votes in a general election on Sunday (September 13), with taxation of the country’s wealthiest one of the campaign’s live issues.
11 SEPT 2026
▶Erykah Badu and H.E.R. to play Spotify’s R&B festival in Dallas
Spotify’s latest move into live music is happening on 1 November in Dallas. It’s putting on a one-day festival called ‘RNB X Live’ using the brand of its ‘RNB X’ playlist. The post
09 SEPT 2026
░ PLATFORMS & COMPANIES
▶Yoto reveals its fourth-generation audio players for children
British startup Yoto has come a long way since launching its first speaker for kids on Kickstarter in 2017. This week sees the debut of two fourth-generation versions of its Yoto P
11 SEPT 2026
▶ElevenLabs' $11B valuation is more than twice the size of Suno's. It just struck a global AI music deal with UMG.
ElevenLabs will launch an AI-powered music platform for fans under the deal, with the two companies also jointly developing AI audio products for artists and songwriters
10 SEPT 2026
▶Apple’s ‘Audio Intelligence’ includes Shazam music recognition
Apple held its latest new-products event last night, with new iPhones (including one that folds), AirPods and Apple Watches. But the most relevant announcement for us was ‘Audio In
10 SEPT 2026