Scammers are allegedly exploiting a flaw in Facebook’s ‘Edit Post’ feature to backdate stolen videos and hijack copyright claims through Meta’s Rights Manager. This allows them to monetize content of other creators, while also hitting them with strikes. The problem is at the center of several Indian lawsuits that want the American tech giant to close this surprisingly simple loophole.
Source: Copyright Scammers Weaponized Meta’s Rights Manager with Backdating Exploit
US consumers are “more wary than willing” to engage with entertainment content created using generative AI, according to a new study from Luminate. That finding comes from AI & Media: Audience Attitudes, a report from Luminate Intelligence published on Friday (July 24). The report draws on Luminate’s US Entertainment 365 survey to assess consumers’ own use of generative AI applications, and how its use in creating songs, movies and TV shows affects their willingness to engage.
Source: US consumers are ‘more wary than willing’ to engage with AI in entertainment content
AI search is rapidly becoming the default, whether users like it or not. In just a year’s time, Google’s AI-generated answers in search, known as AI Overviews, have gone from appearing in 15% of searches to 43%, according to a new report, driving a shift in how web users consume information online. In a recent analysis of the generative landscape, market intelligence firm Similarweb noted that what began as an AI layer on top of search has become an integral part of the search journey itself.
Source: Google’s AI search is rapidly becoming the default, new data shows
German collecting society GEMA has launched a music dataset built to train AI tools on copyright-cleared content. The product, called PLAI by GEMA, bundles sound files, metadata, and both composition and master rights from a single source, according to the society. GEMA describes it as the first offering of its kind in Europe.
Source: GEMA launches ‘PLAI’ – a fully licensed dataset for training AI
Although few places are better than Hollywood at crafting a narrative and concealing what happens off-frame, a Los Angeles Times survey of job postings sheds light on what is happening offstage. Among hundreds of job postings in late June, more than one in 10 was likely connected to AI. The top studios’ public postings suggest they have been recruiting people to build AI tools. They are also recruiting teams to defend their intellectual property against unauthorized AI use.
Source: Hollywood fights AI in public while quietly building it into movies
Independent music distributor Symphonic Distribution has partnered with Sureel AI to let its artists track how AI uses their work and, the companies say, “participate in AI-driven revenue”. Sureel, an attribution platform that tracks how music is used by AI, is owned by Warner Music Group, which acquired it in June for an undisclosed sum.
Source: WMG’s Sureel teams up with Symphonic to let artists track AI use of their music
Canadian performing rights society SOCAN has partnered with Musical AI to build infrastructure that identifies when songwriters’ and composers’ work is used by artificial intelligence. The goal, the two organizations said on Tuesday (July 21), is to make sure those creators are credited and paid when it happens.
Source: Canada’s SOCAN names Musical AI as its attribution partner to credit and pay creators
Reddit, the online message board that powers a swath of Google search results, has discussed shutting off the technology giant’s access to its content for AI use, according to people familiar with the matter. It is part of a growing chorus of online media companies expressing frustration with the tech giant as AI changes the way people ask questions, siphons off search traffic and upends publishers’ revenue models.
Source: Google Was a Lifeline for Publishers. Now Some Are Thinking of Cutting It Off.
A federal judge in San Francisco on Monday signed off on artificial intelligence company Anthropic’s landmark $1.5 billion settlement of a class action lawsuit brought by a group of authors who accused it of misusing their books to train its AI chatbot Claude. U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin granted final approval of the settlement, the largest known settlement of a U.S. copyright case, rejecting arguments that it was too small.
Source: US judge approves Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement of copyright lawsuit
Music streaming company Deezer has been tracking the number of AI-generated tracks uploaded on the platform since last year, and the number has constantly gone up. Today, the company said that AI music now represents more than 50% of downloads. Deezer said that AI-generated track uploads were at a peak in June 2026, representing a monthly average of 90,000 tracks per day.
Source: Music streamer Deezer says more than 50% of daily uploads are AI-generated