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David Thornton
Licensing
Can You Trademark a Voice? The Idea Is Older and Thinner Than You Think
Somewhere in a filing queue at the trademark office, an artist is trying to register the sound of their own throat.
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Licensing
When an Artist's Catalog Becomes AI Music Training Datasets, Who Said Yes?
Last fall a Grammy-winning singer posted that hundreds of her songs — including tracks she had never released — appeared to have been swept into a generative music model without anyone calling her…
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Distribution
Spotify Direct Uploads Won't Make You a Video Platform — They'll Feed Your Audio
Here is the counterintuitive part, stated plainly: when you upload a music video to Spotify, the video is not the product. Your audio stream is.
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Ai Vocals
When an Artist Disowns His Own AI Voice: A Field Guide to AI Music Generation Ethics
The most credible voice in the fight over unauthorized AI vocals isn't a label lawyer, a senator, or an ethics-panel keynote.
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