EEEFAX ARTISTS & AI NEWS SERVICEP.100
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SOURCES: MBW · CMU · MUSIC ALLY · MUSIC TECH POLICY · TECHCRUNCH
░ AI & COPYRIGHT
▶Judge refuses to dismiss indie artist's proposed class action against Suno, clearing AI output and stream-ripping claims for discovery
Only one count fell: a claim under the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act, which the plaintiffs told the court they had cited by mistake.
27 AUG 2026
▶Round Hill joins the AI lawsuit party, targets Suno and Anthropic
More lawsuits have been filed against generative AI companies, this time its Round Hill suing Suno and Anthropic. Aware both defendants will claim that AI training is ‘fair use’ -
19 AUG 2026
░ STREAMING & REVENUE
▶Apple Music to start labelling tracks ‘Made With AI’
Apple Music has told its industry partners that AI-generated tracks will be labelled as such within its app from later this year. It’s relying on labels and distributors to identif
21 AUG 2026
░ PLATFORMS & COMPANIES
▶Warner Music Austria and ADA Central Europe strike distribution and studio deal with Vienna indie label Tonherd
Tonherd is described as a "full-service, end-to-end music company offering everything from songwriting and production to release."
28 AUG 2026
▶Judge clears UMG and Sony to accuse Suno of pirating YouTube via 'stream ripping' to train its AI
However, the judge denied the labels’ separate bid to add 61,026 recordings to the 560 already in suit
27 AUG 2026
▶ElevenLabs adds section-by-section song editing to ElevenMusic, as Suno, Udio, and Google build out rival tools
Tracks can be built from a user's own lyrics, from an existing recording, from a text prompt, or from scratch, ElevenLabs said.
27 AUG 2026
▶Audiomack wants to help its African listeners cut download costs
Streaming service Audiomack has rolled out an inventive feature for its African listeners: Night Plan. It’s all about cutting their mobile-data costs. The post is from Music Ally.
26 AUG 2026
░ INDUSTRY NEWS
▶Label and live firm Shake It Africa launches with global ambitions
Ugandan-born artist Jon Muq has partnered with veteran music executive Kevin Wommack to launch Shake It Africa, a new record label and live entertainment company. The post is from
28 AUG 2026
▶Luminate launches AI music identification framework, with 'AI Generated' labels reaching CONNECT later this year
Luminate says its CONNECT platform "can now flag AI-generated songs and artists worldwide."
26 AUG 2026
▶ARIA blocks AI-generated recordings from Australia's official charts
The updated ARIA Charts Code of Practice takes effect from the chart dated August 31, which is published on August 28.
26 AUG 2026