Sony’s mass takedown

Sony Music just removed over 135,000 AI‑generated “deepfake” tracks from streaming platforms — a sweeping move labels say is aimed at preventing campaign disruption and reputational harm to artists (djmag.com). Global context matters: recorded music revenue topped $30B in 2025 with 837 million paid subscribers, which helps explain why labels are policing catalogs so aggressively now (aceshowbiz.com).