In an industry scrambling to address an existential threat, the bond between a fan and an artist remains the one thing no computer can manufacture. — Dr. Daniel J. Carucci / CEO of Tipify

Both sides have asked Judge Sidney Stein to settle its central question without a trial: whether training AI models on copyrighted works without a license is “fair use.” Fair use is the exception in US copyright law that allows copyrighted material to be reused without permission in certain circumstances. — Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide

Join Ritch Esra & Eric Knight from MUBUTV as they sit down with Ian Harrison, CEO of A2IM. Ian breaks down exactly how indies went from outsiders to powerhouses, the policy battles he fought (and won) that directly protect YOUR royalties and rights, why community is the secret weapon that levels the playing field, and the unfiltered truth about what actually works on the independent path. He also discusses the truth behind the independent path, the key policy wins you haven't heard about, community and networking advantages for indies and much much more. — Ritch Esra - MUBUTV

Indie record labels are increasingly using AI tools to build their own systems, regain control of their data, and spend less time on admin tasks. — Ray Flanary / Redemption Road Music Group

In this conversation, Klemke discusses how musicians are using AI to develop visual worlds around their music, why creative control remains central to the platform, and what the future may hold as music and AI continue to converge. — AI Music Newsletter

The role is somewhere between a political spouse and a therapist — between being firmly in charge and totally out of control. Although you handle someone who can fill a stadium by sneezing, don’t start believing you can control the weather. You can’t. The artist owns the thunder and most days the manager will get rained on. — Simon Napier-Bell

As Grand Theft Auto VI nears launch and AI tools like GPT-6 Astra turn prompts into playable games, she warns that music could be about to miss another platform shift… — Music Business Worldwide

Users can leverage artificial intelligence to generate music to share with their friends, echoing a similar paid Snapchat feature. — Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today

Early success brings rapid growth and heavy pressure. Here's how music creators can navigate the hidden challenges of breaking through. — Jesús Polanco / Rimas Publishing

Manager and licensing guru Liz Kamlet stops by to talk social media, music publishing, and Stephen Bishop — Chris Dalla Riva / Can't Get Much Higher

Let’s have a look at some of these songs. Whether it’s because of virality, ease of access, or what a song represents, there are plenty of tracks which have surpassed one billion streams, but never would have done such numbers if not for the ease with which they could be listened to. — Dale Maplethorpe / Far Out Magazine

Thoughts on San Francisco’s Portola festival, the state of the “underground” and what happens when independent music scenes fail to stand up to creeping corporate interests. — Shawn Reynaldo / First Floor

“While there is nothing inherently wrong with using AI as a creative tool in music development, or the organic growth of AI-generated music, specifically, generative AI can serve as a catalyst for criminals to perpetrate streaming fraud,” — Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide