YouTube-scraping case appeal in US could inform AI music business model
By Emma Whitford ( October 14, 2025, 21:54 GMT | Comment) -- The pending outcome of an appeal argued more than 20 months ago is of urgent relevance to AI music startups who hope their input on a case brought by software company Yout will help strip the recording industry of a useful bit of caselaw for their copyright lawsuits. Suno AI and Udio see a chance to knock out an order that implies ripping songs from YouTube is illegal under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.The pending outcome of an appeal argued more than 20 months ago is of urgent relevance to artificial intelligence music startups who hope their input on a case brought by software company Yout will help strip the recording industry of a useful bit of caselaw for their copyright lawsuits....
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