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Munich Regional Court Finds Unlicensed AI Music Training Infringing
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Germany
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Fusion42 · 23 August 2026 · Fusion42 review
The Munich Regional Court ruled that training AI models on copyrighted music without a license infringes copyright when the model memorises and reproduces those works in outputs, rejecting the applicability of the text and data mining exception for such memorisation.
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◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway
You must secure licences for copyrighted music in AI training or face liability; relying on data mining exemptions to cover model memorisation is no longer viable in Germany.
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1 source · 11 Aug 2026
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AI & MLai-musiccopyrightgerman-lawdata-mining-exceptionmodel-memorization