music law

AI Wants Your Sound

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Labels Are Talking to AI Companies & Maybe Licensing Your Sound Imagine this: the record label you’re signed to licenses its catalog to an AI platform. That platform uses your music, your voice, your beat, your vibe, to train its system. Suddenly, there’s an AI-generated song out there that sounds a lot like you. You … Read more

The Copycat Came First

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The Creative Shield Series front cover by Zamani Thomas – Legal guide for artists on copyright, trademark, and brand monetization

The Creative Shield… and Its Echo You work and rework. Draft and delete. Start over and again. You’ve finally shaped something that took years, maybe decades, to fully arrive at, and finally put your name on it. The cover is designed, and you share the idea. You post the first details about your work-in-progress, The … Read more