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The latest Universal Music Group news from Lockgroove: 4 stories, each with our own take and three songs to play next.
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Nvidia's venture arm fights UMG and Sony subpoena in Suno case as DistroKid AI data talks near a deal
NVentures calls itself a passive investor in Suno, while UMG, Sony and DistroKid say they are working on a resolution over AI upload data.

Adobe signs Universal and Warner deals for licensed music in its Premiere mobile app
Creators will get up to 60 seconds of major-label tracks for personal videos, a push into the territory held by CapCut and Instagram Edits.

Spotify's Premium Early Access: what Universal's 72-hour window means
A label-led pilot in India delays new releases for free listeners by three days; reports differ on exactly what is covered.

Universal's Grainge says AI uploads are outrunning streaming safeguards
On the Q3 call, UMG's chief cited roughly 90,000 fully AI tracks a day and urged platforms to stop paying for them.