recording industry

• TikTok loses songs from Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Drake amid Universal Music Group dispute
• YouTube trained its AI using pop songs — and created new tensions with labels in the process

  YouTube may have reignited tensions with Big Three recording industry labels after using copyrighted music to train its generative AI.

  
• Halsey called out their record label after being compelled to produce a “viral TikTok moment” for a new song

  Halsey released a TikTok video talking about how her label wanted her to fake a viral moment in order to release her new song.

  
• Internet’s Most Popular “Stream Ripping Site” Shuts Down As Result Of Legal Settlement

  YouTube-MP3, a popular streaming ripping site that converted music videos into audio files, has been seized by the RIAA and its labels.