Midweek Music Update: Wednesday 3 June 2026
Welcome to this fortnight's round-up of news, commentaryand industry announcements that you may have missed from the past few weeks.
If you are looking for advice in relation to any of theissues mentioned, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Legal updates
Kid Cudi faces $2.8 million M.I.A. lawsuit (Variety)
Suno could pay $9 billion to Sony and Universal as majors add tracks to claims (CMU)
Cam'ron and J. Cole settle ‘Ready ’24’ lawsuit (Billboard)
Lead Belly estate sues group of publishers in copyright dispute (MBW)
Warner and Crumbl settle copyright infringement case (DMN)
Sony adds over 30,000 copyrighted recordings to Udio lawsuit (MBW)
LyricFind cites anticompetitive conduct in Musixmatch lawsuit (CMU)
Production duo The American Dollar sue Suno for 80% slump in sync licensing (DMN)
In the news
Universal rejects $64 Billion takeover bid by Bill Ackman (Variety)
Spotify and Universal announce fan-made covers and remixes licensing agreement (ROTD)
Argentina's Dale Play sells majority stake to Live Nation (DMN)
TikTok and Universal announce new multi-year strategic licensing agreement (Music Week)
Stefflon Don sells pre-2024 catalogue to HarbourView Equity Partners (MBW)
Downtown acquires Biz Markie catalogue (ROTD)
KSI departs Sidemen YouTube collective (BBC)
UK Commons Business and Trade Committee urges CMA investigation of Live Nation (Music Week)
Ed Sheeran departs Warner Music after 15 years (Variety)
AI videos to be identified and labelled even where YouTube creators do not disclose (MBW)
Features and commentary
MTUK report warns of funding crisis in UK's music tech industry (Music Week)
Are festival tickets getting more expensive? (BBC)
Industry changes and developments
CISAC unveils annual report for 2026 highlighting speed of AI (Music Week)
(Full report here)
