Liza Esquibias, USA TODAY; Taylor Swift wins copyright lawsuit days after wedding
"Days after tying the knot with Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift has emerged victorious in a Florida legal battle over copyright claims.
Federal judge Aileen Cannon dismissed a lawsuit with prejudice on Monday, July 6, after poet Kimberly Marasco sued Swift, Aaron Dessner, Republic Records and Universal Music Group in February 2025, according to documents obtained by USA TODAY."
Blake Brittain, Reuters; Anthropic seeks pivotal court win in music publisher lawsuit over AI training
"Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has asked a California federal court to rule in its favor in a copyright lawsuit brought by music publishers Universal Music Group, Concord and ABKCO, arguing it made "fair use" of their song lyrics to train its AI-powered chatbot Claude.
Anthropic's Monday filing addresses the key question for a wave of high-stakes copyright cases brought by creators against tech companies: is it legally permissible to copy millions of copyrighted works without permission to train AI models?...
The lawsuit is one of dozens of disputes between copyright owners such as authors and news outlets, and tech giants including OpenAI, Microsoft and Meta Platforms over the training of their AI systems. Amazon- and Google-backed Anthropic was the first major AI company to settle one of the cases, agreeing last yearto pay a group of authors $1.5 billion to resolve a class-action lawsuit."
Rishabh Jaiswal , Reuters; Universal Music settles copyright dispute with AI firm Udio
"Universal Music Group said on Wednesday it has settled a copyright infringement case with artificial intelligence company Udio and that the two firms will collaborate on a new suite of creative products.
Under the agreement, the companies will launch a platform next year that leverages generative AI trained on authorized and licensed music.
UMG Chairman Sir Lucian Grainge said the agreements "demonstrate our commitment to do what's right by our artists and songwriters, whether that means embracing new technologies, developing new business models, diversifying revenue streams or beyond.""
