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How Do You Sample Music Legally Without Getting Sued?
What clearance really means, the two permissions you need, what it costs, and the legal ways to sample when you have no budget.
Is AI Music Legal in 2026? Where the Lawsuits and Rules Actually Stand
Settlements, licensing deals, chart bans, AI labels, the EU AI Act and a criminal fraud conviction — what has actually happened, and what it means for working artists.
Sony and Warner Chappell sue Anthropic: what it means for songwriters
Two of the biggest publishers on earth say Claude was trained on their catalog. Here is the claim, the stakes, and why a songwriter with 40 songs should care.
The Oasis desk tapes are going to auction — who owns the recordings you never released?
A sound engineer's archive of concerts, rehearsals, and unguarded conversation is heading to sale. The band wants it back. The lesson applies to every hard drive in your studio.
The DOJ just told a federal judge that training AI on your work is fair use
In re OpenAI, Inc. Copyright Infringement Litigation: the United States filed a 20-page Statement of Interest on September 1, 2026 backing OpenAI on training. Here is what it argues, where it breaks from the Copyright Office, and what it means for musicians and writers.
Music producer contract: every clause explained, and the numbers that count as standard
Points, splits, work for hire and the sample clause — a plain-English walk through what actually belongs in a producer agreement before anybody hits record.
Free music licensing courses and resources that actually exist
University courses you can audit for nothing, free micro-courses from the organisation that pays your streaming mechanicals, and government video series — every resource here is real, free to access, and linked.
Two Suno lawsuits quietly disappeared this week — and nobody explained why
Jamendo and the duo The American Dollar both walked away from their copyright cases. One can come back. One cannot. That difference tells you almost everything.
Round Hill sues Suno and Anthropic, and says each case could top $1 billion
An independent publisher just did what the majors did — twice in one filing day — and the damages language is the part every songwriter should read.
Wixen wants $102M from Meta — here's what the filing actually says
A publishing administrator, 681 songs, five legal counts, and a motion to dismiss heard on August 3. Strip out the headline number and the case is really about what happens when a music licence expires and the platform keeps running.
Beggars Group told AI companies no in writing — here's exactly what the notice says
The indie group behind XL, 4AD, Matador and Rough Trade has published a blanket reservation of rights against text and data mining. It is short, broad, and worth reading line by line if you own recordings.
How to copyright your music in the U.S. (and why it actually matters)
You own your song the second you record it — but registering it is what lets you enforce it. Here's how to file with the U.S. Copyright Office, what it costs, and the mistakes producers keep making.
The Atlantic just named the four datasets training the AI music boom
Millions of copyrighted recordings — Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, the whole canon — are circulating among AI developers in four specific datasets. Here is what that means for the lawsuits already in motion.
The AI music reckoning hits a new phase: a session-musicians' union sues the majors, France weighs flipping the burden of proof, and the unsealing of Suno and Udio's "training number"
The American Federation of Musicians is suing UMG and Warner over their Suno and Udio settlements. A federal judge has unsealed Udio's training data. 227 rights organizations are pressing France to legally presume AI firms trained on their work. And Deezer says 70% of "unofficial" 2026 World Cup anthems on its platform are AI. The fight over generative music just got a lot more concrete.