3 Count: Silent Track

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1: Warner Music Settles Copyright Lawsuit With Udio, Signs Deal for AI Music Platform

First off today, Aisha Malik at TechCrunch reports that Warner Music Group (WMG) has settled its copyright infringement lawsuit with AI music startup Udio and, as part of that deal, has reached a licensing agreement scheduled to start in 2026.

Udio is an AI-powered music creation service that allows its users to create new songs, remixes and covers based on existing works. WMG sued the company for copyright infringement, alleging that it was trained on WMG-owned works without permission and used to create unlicensed tracks.

However, now the two sides have settled the dispute and, according to WMG, reached a licensing agreement that will allow Udio to use WMG-owned works starting in 2026. WMG says that the new deal will open up “new revenue streams for artists and songwriters, while ensuring their work remains protected.”

2: Torrent Giant YTS Returns to .LT Domain After .MX ‘Vanishes’

Next up today, Ernesto Van der Sar at Torrentfreak writes that the BitTorrent site YTS is on the move again after it’s .MX domain abruptly ceased operating yesterday.

The site had operated on that domain for approximately five years. However, the .MX domain name stopped working yesterday, forcing it to move to it.LT domain. The move represents a shift not just in URL, but in country .MX is the top-level domain (TLD) of Mexico, while LT is the TLD of Lithuania. Though the move doesn’t change where or how the site itself is hosted, it may indicate new legal pressure in Mexico to shutter pirate websites.

The current group operating the YTS site took over in 2015 after the original team decided to quit. Despite recent stability, YTS has had to make several similar jumps in the past, including a previous time that it was on the .LT TLD.

3: Paul McCartney Joins Music Industry Protest Against AI With Silent Track

Finally, today, Robert Book at The Guardian reports that musician Paul McCartney has released a new track on an LP entitled Is This What We Want?, which features two minutes and forty-five seconds of silence and room noise.

The song is intended as a protest against AI training on the work of human musicians. Various other UK musicians, including Hans Zimmer and the Pet Shop Boys, are joining McCartney in this protest.

McCartney and others say the UK government is jeopardizing the rights of human creators by cozying up to AI companies, especially in copyright law. The UK government has said that it is always considering what is best for UK artists and companies.

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