How content farms invented a court case — and who repeated it
"Bartz v. SoundAI" is cited across AI-music explainers as a Second Circuit fair-use precedent. It does not exist. We checked every docket.

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"Bartz v. SoundAI" is cited across AI-music explainers as a Second Circuit fair-use precedent. It does not exist. We checked every docket.
Press releases say "settled." The dockets say otherwise — per plaintiff, the two landmark cases against Suno and Udio look very different.
From today, TIDAL labels music it determines is wholly AI-generated and removes it from royalty attribution.
The Series D makes Suno the best-funded pure AI-music company. The amount is a party claim; the litigation backdrop is a docket fact.
IFPI, RIAA, A2IM, WIN, IMPALA, the Recording Academy, SAG-AFTRA and the Human Artistry Campaign announced two track-level labels. Implementation is the missing chapter.