Meta, Universal Music Group addresses AI music in new licensing agreement

Meta and Universal Music Group (UMG) announced on Monday the expansion of their multi-year music licensing agreement, which enables users to share songs from UMG's music library across Meta's platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Horizon, Threads, and WhatsApp) without violating copyright. What's most notable about the new agreement is that it states that the two companies are addressing "unauthorized AI-generated content." This refers to songs being scraped by AI systems, often without the consent of the origina ...