We are the music makers https://wearethemusicmakers.co/latest Music tech and AI in music: the news that matters, what we think about it, and a directory of the tools. en-us Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/ai-music-class-actions-tracker AI music class actions tracker: the cases independent artists could be part of https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/ai-music-class-actions-tracker A living table of the six proposed class actions that musicians have brought against Suno, Udio and Google, with court, filing date, procedural stage, last development we could confirm, source and the date we read it. No class has been certified in any of them, so no musician is yet a class member. Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:30:00 GMT We are the music makers legallawsuitsclass-actionai-musicartist-rightsindependent-artistssunoudioformat-tracker https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/ai-music-lawsuits-explained AI music lawsuits explained: the major cases, what they're about and what happens next https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/ai-music-lawsuits-explained Labels, publishers and collecting societies have sued Suno, Udio and Anthropic, and independent artists have filed class actions of their own. This page lists 23 major lawsuits, in 21 rows, with their status as of 23 Oct 2026, explains the four legal questions they turn on, and sets out what each outcome would mean for independent musicians. Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:30:00 GMT We are the music makers legallawsuitscopyrightai-musicartist-rightssunoudio https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/ai-music-licence-anatomy-udio-suno-settlements Anatomy of an AI-music licence: what the Udio and Suno settlements say, and what they leave out https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/ai-music-licence-anatomy-udio-suno-settlements Universal and Warner settled with Udio, and Warner with Suno, on a shared template: retrain on licensed music, let artists opt in their voice and likeness, and control what leaves the platform. The public terms don't say what any of it costs, how revenue is split, or how money reaches an individual artist. Wed, 14 Oct 2026 05:30:00 GMT We are the music makers aiai-musicsunoudiolicensingartist-rights https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/05/udio-starstruck-licensed-walled-garden Udio's Starstruck: a licensed walled garden where fans make music as your favourite artist https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/05/udio-starstruck-licensed-walled-garden Udio's licensed app Starstruck will let fans cover, reimagine, remix or write new songs, but only as a named, opted-in artist, with royalties paid on every creation and nothing allowed to leave the app. It is AI as fan merchandise rather than an artist's tool, and the opt-in usually runs through the label or publisher, not the artist. Fri, 22 May 2026 05:30:00 GMT We are the music makers aiai-musicudiolicensingwalled-garden