One More Thing About Perplexity
Perplexity AI has filed a motion to dismiss the New York Times and Chicago Tribune lawsuits, arguing that its answer engine merely follows user prompts and lacks the volitional conduct required for direct, contributory, or vicarious copyright infringement. The company characterizes its platform as a retrieval‑augmented search tool that synthesizes factual information from online sources, positioning the case as a fight over the future of open‑web search. However, user‑generated examples of original creative stories and stylistic rewrites reveal capabilities far beyond factual summarization, challenging Perplexity’s “passive conduit” defense. The dispute now pivots on whether these generative functions constitute actionable copying and how training‑data practices affect liability.
Open Letter: Say No to Suno
The Music Artist Coalition’s open letter denounces AI music startup Suno for mass‑producing unlicensed tracks that dilute artist royalties and enable streaming fraud. It highlights Suno’s output of roughly 7 million tracks per day and Deezer’s finding that 85 % of AI‑generated...
Spotify, SeatGeek, and the Expanding Extraction MachineWhen Platform Leverage Meets Ticketing Power
Spotify announced a new partnership with ticketing platform SeatGeek, extending its concert‑discovery tools into the live‑ticket market. The move follows Spotify’s claim of helping artists generate over $1 billion in ticket sales and its $11 billion payout to the music industry in...
The Sinister Question Spotify Has Not Answered About Its AI: What Did They Train On?
Spotify announced it is building a proprietary music‑generation AI platform that can produce remixes, covers, and other derivative works. The company has provided no details on the recordings or datasets used to train the models, leaving open the possibility that...
When Speed Becomes Risk: Why India’s AI Compulsory License Debate Needs Facts, Not Shortcuts
India’s DPIIT released a Working Paper proposing a hybrid compulsory licence to streamline AI‑training data use, aiming to give developers legal certainty and speed up innovation. The Artist Rights Institute (ARI) submitted a public comment urging a measured approach, emphasizing...
