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The developments arrived amid a wave of legal and business activity across the music industry.<\/p>\n<h2>AI Licensing and Legal Challenges<\/h2>\n<p>In a separate AI-related legal move, <strong>Google<\/strong> argued that any music uploaded to YouTube may be used for AI training, as it seeks to dismiss a lawsuit brought by artists over its Lyria 3 AI model.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afm.org\/\">American Federation of Musicians<\/a><\/strong> filed a lawsuit against <strong>Universal Music Group (UMG)<\/strong> and <strong>Warner Music Group (WMG)<\/strong>, alleging that licensed recordings were provided to <a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/suno-cpo-details-platform-integrity-measures-amid-licensing-talks\/\"><strong>Suno<\/strong><\/a> and <strong>Udio<\/strong> without payment or credit to the musicians who performed on the tracks.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the <strong>International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC)<\/strong> signed a declaration aimed at protecting human creativity in the era of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<h2>Business Moves and Industry Actions<\/h2>\n<p>A platform designed to simplify venue discovery for artists and promoters launched in partnership with NIVA, the trade group representing independent music venues across the United States.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spotify<\/strong> is exploring the licensing of rights to broadcast live video from music festivals, signaling a potential expansion into live event streaming.<\/p>\n<p>UMG confirmed a \u20ac1 billion bond sale, strengthening its financial position. <strong>Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG)<\/strong> introduced a new brand identity, updating its visual and market presence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Global Music Rights<\/strong> sued the programming service <strong>Music Choice<\/strong>, alleging unauthorized use of its represented works.<\/p>\n<h2>Artist and Estate Deals<\/h2>\n<p>The estate of <strong>Donna Summer<\/strong> entered into a comprehensive agreement with <strong>Primary Wave<\/strong>, covering her music catalog as well as name, image, and likeness rights.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Teyana Taylor<\/strong> was named icon of the year for the 2026 <strong>BET Awards<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chris Brown<\/strong> resolved a legal challenge related to the tracks \u201cSensational\u201d and \u201cMonalisa.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The National Music Publishers\u2019 Association signed AI licensing deals with Udio and Klay, and a venue discovery platform launched in partnership with the National Independent Venue Association, alongside other industry legal and business developments.","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6166,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[516],"tags":[762,616,343,736,615,553],"class_list":["post-6165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-culture-lifestyle","tag-ai-licensing","tag-klay","tag-music-industry","tag-niva","tag-nmpa","tag-udio","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NMPA AI Licensing Deals with Udio and Klay<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The National Music Publishers\u2019 Association signed AI licensing agreements with Udio and Klay, while a venue discovery platform launched with NIVA. 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