From 75,000 AI tracks hitting Deezer day by day to UMG’s copyright lawsuit towards Quince… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up

This week, Deezer revealed that 75,000 AI-generated tracks are actually flooding the platform each day – representing 44% of all new music uploaded to the streamer day by day.

In the meantime, MBW examined a pair of UMG-linked patent filings that lay out a blueprint for AI-powered copyright enforcement – together with a bot that would ship its personal cease-and-desist letters.

Elsewhere, a Chord Music Companions-linked ABS automobile is planning a $500 million deal, backed by an $830 million catalog that includes rights from Suicideboys, Morgan Wallen, and Ryan Tedder.

Additionally this week, Common Music Group and Harmony Music Group sued $10 billion-valued trend startup Quince over alleged “rampant and brazen” copyright infringement in TikTok posts that includes music from Sabrina Carpenter, Billie Eilish, and extra.

Plus, UK-based Bella Figura Music acquired the publishing catalog of Grammy and Academy Award-winning producer Paul Epworth, together with his work with Adele, Florence + The Machine, and extra.

Listed below are among the largest headlines from the previous few days…

1. 75,000 AI-GENERATED TRACKS NOW FLOOD DEEZER DAILY, REPRESENTING 44% OF ALL NEW MUSIC UPLOADED TO THE PLATFORM, SAYS STREAMER

The amount of absolutely AI-generated music being uploaded to Deezer has surged once more – with the Paris-headquartered streaming service now receiving almost 75,000 artificial tracks each day.

That’s greater than 2 million AI-generated tracks hitting the platform every month, in keeping with the corporate, and it means AI-made music now accounts for 44% of all new tracks delivered to Deezer day by day.

The brand new figures, revealed by Deezer on Monday (April 20), mark a pointy escalation from the 60,000 tracks per day the corporate reported in January, when artificial content material represented 39% of day by day deliveries.

It additionally marks a major bounce from the 50,000 AI tracks Deezer was receiving per day in November, 30,000 in September, and simply 10,000 when it launched its patent-pending AI detection device in January 2025… (MBW)

2. HOW WILL THE MAJOR LABELS OVERCOME THE COPYRIGHT THREAT FROM AI MUSIC? BY TURNING TO THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON AVAILABLE: AI ITSELF.

Permit us to make a prediction.

In 5 years, the main music firms is not going to solely be scouring the online for AI infringement, they will even be issuing authorized letters on to the perpetrators…

Sound far-fetched? It isn’t. It’s sitting inside a pair of patent functions printed by the US Patent and Trademark Workplace on February 12, 2026.

MBW unearthed the filings whereas researching our current story on the patent portfolio being constructed by Music IP Holdings, the entity shaped final yr by way of Common Music Group‘s partnership with IP asset administration agency Liquidax Capital… (MBW)

3. CHORD MUSIC-LINKED ABS VEHICLE PLANS $500M DEAL, BACKED BY $830M CATALOG LED BY SUICIDEBOYS, MORGAN WALLEN, AND RYAN TEDDER RIGHTS

A brand new issuing automobile linked to Common Music Group-backed funding platform Chord Music Companions is about to lift $500 million in debt by way of an Asset-Backed Securitization (ABS) transaction.

That’s in keeping with a pre-sale report printed by Kroll Bond Score Company (KBRA) on April 16, which assigns a preliminary A (sf) score to the $500 million Sequence 2026-1 Notes to be issued by Canon Music Issuer Belief.

Canon is a newly established automobile that sits beneath the broader Chord platform, with its collateral pool representing a particular portion of Chord’s property.

The notes are collateralized by royalties from a catalog of greater than 3,750 works from artists and songwriters, together with Suicideboys, Morgan Wallen, Ryan Tedder, Diplo, and Twenty One Pilots… (MBW)

4. UMG SUES $10B-VALUED FASHION BRAND QUINCE FOR ‘RAMPANT AND BRAZEN INFRINGEMENT’ IN TIKTOK POSTS

Common Music Group and Harmony Music Group have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit towards Quince, the direct-to-consumer trend startup that, in keeping with the grievance, has “discovered its success by eliminating ‘middlemen’ often utilized by conventional retailers.”

Beginning in trend, the corporate has since expanded into baggage, bedding, and different product classes. From its inception, “social media has been Quince’s key promoting and promotional device,” the grievance states, noting that the corporate’s progress has been attributed particularly to its presence on platforms together with TikTok and Instagram. Quince’s Instagram account alone has 1 million followers.

The corporate raised a $500 million Sequence E in March at a $10.1 billion valuation — greater than double the $4.5 billion valuation it achieved in its Sequence D lower than a yr earlier… (MBW)

5. BELLA FIGURA MUSIC ACQUIRES PAUL EPWORTH PUBLISHING CATALOG, INCLUDING WORK WITH ADELE, FLORENCE + THE MACHINE AND MORE

UK-based music rights firm Bella Figura Music has acquired the publishing catalog of Grammy, Academy Award, and Golden Globe-winning producer and songwriter Paul Epworth.

Based by former BMG UK President Alexi Cory-Smith in 2022, Bella Figura Music says it has greater than $200 million in music rights below possession and administration.

The corporate’s newest acquisition covers Epworth’s publishing catalog and producer earnings, together with a few of his co-writes and productions on Adele‘s 21 album, equivalent to Rolling within the Deep, and the Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning Skyfall, which he co-wrote with Adele.

The deal additionally covers Epworth’s work with Florence + The Machine throughout Lungs and Ceremonials, and collaborations with Rihanna, Arlo Parks, Glass Animals, Paul McCartney, and plenty of extra… (MBW)