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The Podcast Where AI Music Generation Stopped Being a Rumor and Started Being a Tuesday
A famous actor sits across from a podcast host, laptop open, and says the quiet part into the microphone: this stuff scares him.
The Cost Comparison Tech Giants Don't Want in the AI Copyright Regulation Debate
A friend who runs a small commercial studio sent me two numbers last month. The first was an invoice: $4,200 for a three-day session to cut a 90-second cue for a regional ad.
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Music Publishing's Regional Land Grab Isn't About Buying Catalogs Anymore
When a mid-size publisher announces it is "entering" the Latin or African or Southeast Asian market, the instinct among people watching the cap table is to ask how big the catalog was and what…
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The "Buy Catalogs, Win the Market" Rule of Music Publishing — Where It Breaks Down
The advice you hear at every conference panel and in every investor deck goes like this: if you want to grow in an emerging market, buy the catalog.
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The Gallery Analogy Is Doing a Lot of Work in AI Copyright Regulation
Last month I ran a small test, mostly out of suspicion. I took a bassline I know cold — a detuned analog walk in F minor, the kind of line that sits under a thousand library cues — and I described it…
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AI Voice Cloning Scams: Three Ways to Verify a Voice You Trust
A few seconds of audio is enough. Not minutes — seconds. A voice note your mother sent to a WhatsApp group, a clip from a wedding video someone posted, a voicemail greeting that's been the same for…
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Net Proceeds: What Charity Music Festivals Actually Move
A benefit festival sells a ticket for, say, $150. By the time the cause sees money, the line on the press release reads "net proceeds." Somewhere between that $150 and the check that lands at a…
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