AI, Deepfakes & Digital Rights
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Last updated October 9, 2026
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Emmys Still Searching For A TV Rights Deal For 2027 Onwards As Simulcast Option Comes Into Focus
Less than a week out from 2026 Emmy nominations, a handful of television executives are thinking about the longer-term future of the awards ceremony. The rights for the Primetime Emmys expire after th…
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Music Business Worldwide
A counterfeit merch crackdown, facial recognition at K-pop concerts, and 3 other things we learned from HYBE’s 2025 sustainability report
The 121-page document sets out a number of disclosures, from anti-counterfeiting measures to the company's use of genera…
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Music Business Worldwide
Taylor Swift moves to dismiss ‘Showgirl’ trademark lawsuit, calls amended claims ‘absurd’
Swift's lawyers argue that the amended complaint "fares no better" than the original Source…
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Music Business Worldwide
US senators revive bill that would force AI-generated audio, video and images to carry labels
Songwriters and SAG-AFTRA line up behind revived US bill to label AI-generated audio, video and images Source…
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Music Business Worldwide
Google says AI training is fair use and copyright should be policed on outputs, not inputs
The tech giant has published a new policy paper outlining the company's preferred approach to AI regulation Source…
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Music Business Worldwide
TIDAL to automatically tag AI-generated music… and block it from earning royalties
TIDAL is introducing an AI policy that will automatically tag wholly AI-generated music in its app Source…
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Music Business Worldwide
Backstreet Boys file to trademark their voices, joining Taylor Swift and Lionel Richie in battle against AI deepfakes
The application, made with the US Patent and Trademark Office, covers the group saying: “Hi, we’re the Backstreet Boys.”…
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Music Business Worldwide
The MLC rejects Pandora’s bid to use a horse racing ruling against the mechanical royalties lawsuit
Pandora bets on a major horseracing constitutional precedent to strip the MLC of its constitutional authority to sue. So…
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Deadline Hollywood
Kids Agents Call For “Non-AI” Clauses In Acting Contracts After ‘Peppa Pig’ Backlash
EXCLUSIVE: Child acting agents have called on studios and producers to insert “non-AI” clauses into contracts following …
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Music Business Worldwide
Anthropic, fighting lawsuits over alleged copying of song lyrics, accuses Alibaba of copying Claude to train a rival AI
Anthropic says Alibaba-affiliated operators used nearly 25,000 fraudulent accounts to generate over 28.8 million exchang…
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Music Business Worldwide
Taylor Swift is fighting a trademark lawsuit over The Life of a Showgirl. Here’s what a new amended complaint argues, and what’s at stake.
Swift's lawyers moved to dismiss the lawsuit in May Source…
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Music Business Worldwide
Influence Media emerges as winning bidder for Anthem’s music assets with $650M+ offer (report)
It's the third time in a decade that Anthem has been put up for sale after earlier auctions in 2017 and 2022 failed to d…
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Copyright Lately
Double Shot’s Last Call: Will SCOTUS Review Worldwide Copyright Termination?
Four major music companies bought into a disputed copyright, hired a Supreme Court heavyweight, and filed a cert petitio…
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RIAA News
Unanimous Senate Action Advances NO FAKES Act as Broad Consensus Pushes Landmark Voice & Likeness Bill Toward Passage
Bipartisan Legislation Combating Harmful AI Deepfakes Earns Substantial Backing from Multiple Sectors, Support in White …
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Copyright Lately
Kat Von D Tattoo Case Headed for En Banc Review
The Ninth Circuit granted en banc rehearing in Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg, vacating the panel opinion and putting "total …
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