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Munich Regional Court Finds Unlicensed AI Music Training Infringing

Published

11 August 2026

Topic

regulatory

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AI & ML

Geography

Germany

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Read at mofo.com

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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.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of AI & ML.

◆ 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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