On March 6, 2026, the music industry’s relationship with "Big Tech" hit a breaking point. A group of independent musicians filed a 118-page federal lawsuit against Google, alleging that the tech giant systematically "scraped" 44 million audio clips (totaling 280,000 hours of music) from YouTube to train its AI models, including Lyria 3 and ProducerAI. For African artists, who rely on YouTube more than almost any other platform for global distribution, this isn't just a legal

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