Music Industry
On 11/11, 2025, the Munich Regional Court handed a judicial victory to the music community with a milestone ruling that sent shockwaves through the artificial intelligence industry. In a case brought by GEMA, Germany's largest music rights organization, the court ruled that OpenAI's ChatGPT violated copyright law by training its language models on protected song lyrics without permission. Specifically, GEMA pointed to nine song lyrics to make their case.This decision represents…
Art has always been under the influence by Artifice, in all senses of the word: as craftsmanship, as chicanery, and as sleight of hand. We’ve had the Monkees (authenticity under question as a «manufactured» band), Milli Vanilli (not actually singing on their hits), the whole boyband era and holograms, but we’re now seeing the first completely virtual/artificial artist, the Artificial Intelligence «artist» who is bringing a whole new level and…
How to be an Artist in a Web3 World Web3, with its decentralized concepts and focus on creator ownership, has the potential to transform the music industry in numerous, powerful ways. First off, a short definition of what we mean by «Web3»: Web3 is an idea for a new iteration of the World Wide Web which incorporates concepts such as decentralization, blockchain technologies, and token-based economics. Some technologists and journalists…
We are in the midst of a war over content. In my days as an SEO specialist, «Content is King» was the pre-eminent axiom. This due to the fact that content really drove the whole search-engine eco-system, and that volume and quality of content were deciding factors in success with Search Engine Optimization. As Social Media and the whole influencer economy exploded, a new dimension, and complexity, emerged regarding content. «Content…
For close to a century, the music industry operated under a carefully controlled model where record labels held absolute power over music distribution. They owned the pressing plants, controlled radio airplay, and determined what music reached consumers through physical retail channels. This gatekeeping system generated enormous profits and allowed major labels to dictate terms to both artists and consumers. However, the late 1990s marked the beginning of a seismic shift…
Discovery Engine And Trends I have a confession to make, when I realized that rock stardom wasn’t in the stars for me, I took a «day job» as a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) specialist. Most of my working hours were spent trying to understand the workings of search-engine algorithms, what criteria bring a website to «the top» of the search results.Another «thing» that I’ve worked with quite a bit in my…
The music industry is at a crossroads, and as in the legend of bluesman Robert Johnson, the deal is to sell or not to sell one’s «soul».The unsurprising «Devil» in our story is Artificial Intelligence. The music industry is, and will be, one of the industries that will be most impacted by AI, and by Generative AI, in particular. This is certain not the only form of AI that will…
Whether your reaction to the term »Music NFT» is WTF? or LOL! This introduction will hopefully clarify a few aspects of the concept.The first music NFTs were released in the market in 2021 with major acts like Kings of Leon and electronica acts liks DJ-producer 3LAU as examples of NFT-pioneers. Now, four years on, despite some individual success stories, NFTs are far from being seen as an industry standard.Let’s see…
All the noise around music and AI is around Generative AI, for good reason, but it is easy to overlook the tremendous impact of Artificial Intelligence as a whole on the music industry. This article will attempt to «look under the hood» of the various types of AI that are relevant, and how they could impact the music ecosystem through all steps of the value chain.There are several ways of…
When I was learning the guitar by mishearing guitar riffs and chord progressions and watching the occasional VHS instructional video, Gen-AI, Blockchain, Web3 and NFTs were concepts that sounded as alien as avant-garde jazz to me. I did learn to appreciate avantgarde jazz, though, and the concepts mentioned are today’s buzz words in the music industry.These technologies are fundamentally transforming how music is created, distributed, and consumed. Some (read: Gen-AI) are…
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