I attended a two-day music industry event last Thursday and Friday, Music Ally Connect 2026, and gained many market insights from industry players. AI – sometimes Voldemort, sometimes the One Ring AI is, of course, an inevitable topic. Many speakers tried not to touch on it – and failed. Most of them remained positive about […]
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Music Law, Radar
On 10 December, I tuned into a webinar organised by the Music Business Association, delivered by Maria Garrido, CMO of Deezer, about their market research on AI music. The recorded webinar will be available on the Music Business Association’s website. Maria said that 34% of music uploaded to their platform is now AI-generated. Their survey
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Basics, Music Law
I listened to the podcast TMT (The Money Trench) 40: Robert Horsfall & Sonia Diwan on AI’s Big Legal Challenge and the Battle for Better Artist Contracts, which was just released today (14 April 2025). It is a very informative podcast. Music lawyers Robert Horsfall and Sonia Diwan from Sound Advice talked about the debate
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Music Law, Radar
Because of copyright, the general rule is that you can’t use other people’s work without their permission. However, there are always exceptions, as our law professors would say, and fair use is one of them. To qualify as fair use under U.S. law, certain requirements must be met; otherwise, you’ll be infringing on someone’s copyright.
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Basics, Music Law