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Guides: what you can do on your own

• The material list: what the E numbers mean
• Record templates: ten blank notes you can copy
• SOP02 | Preserve what is in front of you first
• SOP03 | Save the full input, output and related conversation
• SOP04 | Build a comparison between the work and the output
• SOP05 | Produce fingerprints, record the process and back it up safely
• SOP06 | Organise existing publication, licence and rights records
• Music: what you can keep

What the rules say, country by country

Other people are asking the same questions you are. These pages set out what the rules actually say where you live, with the source for each one. Background, not legal advice.

• Canada: what the rules say
• China (mainland): what the rules say
• Spain: what the rules say
• European Union: what the rules say
• India: what the rules say
• Mexico: what the rules say
• United States: what the rules say
• 加拿大：规则概览 (Chinese)
• 中国内地：规则概览 (Chinese)
• 西班牙：规则概览 (Chinese)
• 欧盟：规则概览 (Chinese)
• 印度：规则概览 (Chinese)
• 墨西哥：规则概览 (Chinese)
• 美国：规则概览 (Chinese)

Cases and updates

• UMG and Suno dispute AI training rights in copyright discovery conference
• UMG and Sony tell court they are 'working on a resolution' over DistroKid AI-music data in Suno case
• Universal Music settles Udio copyright suit and signs licensing deal for AI music platform
• Universal Music Group licenses AI adaptive-music platform TYGER for gaming
• UMG and Sony ask court to force Suno investor Lightspeed to testify about 'legal risk of training data'
• Sony Music and UMG file new legal action seeking AI upload volume disclosure from DistroKid
• DistroKid confirms UMG-related takedowns as independent artists challenge removals
• Universal and Sony ask judge to compel DistroKid's AI-music data in Suno copyright case
• American Federation of Musicians opposes Universal and Warner motions to dismiss its lawsuit over AI licensing deals with Suno and Udio
• Universal Music Group and ElevenLabs announce multi-year AI music licensing agreement
• AFM v. UMG/Warner: labels' dismissal briefing closes in musicians' suit over AI licensing deals

Related reading (not about Universal Music Group)

• Court clears UMG and Sony to depose ex-Menlo Ventures principal over deleted Suno listening post — Plaintiff seeking the deposition in its training suit against Suno; the item makes no allegation that UMG used creators' work to train AI.
• Suno moves to compel the Mechanical Licensing Collective to hand over streaming data — Plaintiff in the underlying copyright infringement suit against Suno; the requested streaming data would address its market-share/royalty-harm theory.
• Musicians' union AFM launches 'Human Made, Human Paid' AI campaign demanding consent, credit and pay — AFM campaign targets UMG as an SRLA negotiating counterparty and federal defendant over AI licensing without musician new-use fees.
• Universal and Sony labels file a second suit against Suno over 60,202 more sound recordings — Plaintiff label group (UMG Recordings, Capitol Records) in the new copyright suit against Suno.
• Sony, Warner and Universal invest in Stability AI and license their music catalogs for AI training as the company pivots to music tools — Universal Music Group is a licensing counterparty and investor in the deal, not the AI developer; included as reference for the licensing context only.

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