WMG Beats Udio, Spotify Grabs Data (36 chars)

Major music entities are solidifying their positions by settling legal disputes and acquiring crucial metadata assets in the evolving AI landscape.

• AI Licensing Settlement WMG officially settled its copyright lawsuit with generative AI platform Udio, securing a licensing agreement 1.
• Data Acquisition Spotify acquired the community-driven music database WhoSampled, gaining its staff and intellectual property 2.
• Team Integration Spotify secured approximately 10 staffers from the WhoSampled team as part of the Wednesday acquisition 2.
• 1 - WMG settled its copyright lawsuit against Udio after signing a new deal 1.
• 10 - Approximately this many staffers from WhoSampled joined Spotify’s team 2.
• Wednesday - Both the WMG/Udio settlement and Spotify/WhoSampled deal were announced on this day [1, 2].