American Federation of Musicians sued Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group for settling their claims against Suno and Uncharted Labs allegedly in violation of their collective bargaining agreement.
The CBA “contains a ‘new use‘ provision that requires music companies to notify the AFM of licenses and other transfers of rights in music that is to be used for purposes not covered by the SRLA and to compensate the individual musicians who worked on those recordings.”
AI is a new use, the Complaint alleges. But the defendants failed to comply with the requirements of the CBA.
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