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Georgia Power Caught Bragging About their Government Handouts", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/05/17/how-do-they-sleep-at-night-georgia-power-caught-bragging-about-their-government-handouts/", "published_at": "2026-05-17T19:33:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bba5-c7a1-7131-8577-b1784344c74e", "title": "The Cloud Hums: Zuckerberg is Coming for Rural America Bringing Continuous Industrial Nuisance and No Jobs", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/05/14/the-cloud-hums-zuckerberg-is-coming-for-rural-america-bringing-continuous-industrial-nuisance-and-no-jobs/", "published_at": "2026-05-15T01:24:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bba5-c7a1-7131-8577-b17843bcb504", "title": "Did David Sacks Just Get Pushed Out of the White House AI Fight?", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/05/13/did-david-sacks-just-get-pushed-out-of-the-white-house-ai-fight/", "published_at": "2026-05-13T12:59:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bba5-c7a1-7131-8577-b178448e7b8e", "title": "The MLC’s Billion-Dollar Trading Desk", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/05/10/the-mlcs-billion-dollar-trading-desk/", "published_at": "2026-05-10T20:44:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bba5-c7a1-7131-8577-b17844c6b674", "title": "Flood at the Gate: AI Slop, Streaming Fraud, and the Collapse of the “39-Step” Mechanical Royalty at the CRB", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/05/07/flood-at-the-gate-ai-slop-streaming-fraud-and-the-collapse-of-the-39-step-mechanical-royalty-at-the-crb/", "published_at": "2026-05-07T16:39:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bba5-c7a1-7131-8577-b17844eba8a5", "title": "From Missouri to the Texas Hill Country: The AI Buildout Meets the Grid—and the Clock", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/05/05/from-missouri-to-the-texas-hill-country-the-ai-buildout-meets-the-grid-and-the-clock/", "published_at": "2026-05-05T21:26:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bba5-c7a1-7131-8577-b17845c68d96", "title": "Taylor Swift Trademark Applications", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/05/04/taylor-swift-trademark-applications/", "published_at": "2026-05-04T20:31:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbaa-d3d2-71db-a630-4e2f5deb14a7", "title": "The Spotify TOS Trap: How Platforms Avoid Public Law Justice for Payola", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/05/03/the-tos-trap-how-platforms-avoid-public-law-justice/", "published_at": "2026-05-03T21:00:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbaa-d3d2-71db-a630-4e2f5e79c6c2", "title": "Fasten Your Seatbelts for the AI Capital Loop: Circular Investment, Resource Constraints, and the Coming Repricing of Intelligence", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/05/01/fasten-your-seatbelts-for-the-ai-capital-loop-circular-investment-resource-constraints-and-the-coming-repricing-of-intelligence/", "published_at": "2026-05-02T01:55:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbaa-d3d2-71db-a630-4e2f5edc1032", "title": "Ann Says Vote!", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/04/30/ann-says-vote/", "published_at": "2026-04-30T17:14:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbaa-d3d2-71db-a630-4e2f5f660025", "title": "Where was the board? 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Managed Decline, Global Spillover, and the Rise of the Chief Personhood Denier", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/03/20/the-great-white-house-ai-copyright-dodge-managed-decline-global-spillover-and-the-rise-of-the-chief-personhood-denier/", "published_at": "2026-03-20T16:29:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbaf-eadd-720b-a3f0-843a8da4494b", "title": "One More Thing About Perplexity", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/03/13/one-more-thing-about-perplexity/", "published_at": "2026-03-13T23:52:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbaf-eadd-720b-a3f0-843a8e793439", "title": "Resellers, Speculative Tickets, and the FTC’s “Moment of Availability”", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/03/12/resellers-speculative-tickets-and-the-ftcs-moment-of-availability/", "published_at": "2026-03-12T19:36:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbaf-eadd-720b-a3f0-843a8e978dee", "title": "Follow-Up: The Ratepayer Protection Pledge Meets the Real World — and the 765-kilovolt Problem", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/03/05/follow-up-the-ratepayer-protection-pledge-meets-the-real-world-and-the-765-kilovolt-problem/", "published_at": "2026-03-05T20:18:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbaf-eadd-720b-a3f0-843a8ece7b01", "title": "Update: Trump’s “Ratepayer Protection” Pitch Becomes a Private Power Plan for AI — But Grassroots Revolt Won’t Fade", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/02/27/update-trumps-ratepayer-protection-pitch-becomes-a-private-power-plan-for-ai-but-grassroots-revolt-wont-fade/", "published_at": "2026-02-28T05:36:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb4-a74c-712a-9e88-5fe95a02558b", "title": "Open Letter: Say No to Suno", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/02/23/open-letter-say-no-to-suno/", "published_at": "2026-02-24T00:05:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb4-a74c-712a-9e88-5fe95ae5261c", "title": "Spotify, SeatGeek, and the Expanding Extraction MachineWhen Platform Leverage Meets Ticketing Power", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/02/19/spotify-seatgeek-and-the-expanding-extraction-machinewhen-platform-leverage-meets-ticketing-power/", "published_at": "2026-02-20T02:30:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb4-a74c-712a-9e88-5fe95b7cfd89", "title": "The Sinister Question Spotify Has Not Answered About its AI: What Did They Train On?", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/02/16/the-sinister-question-spotify-has-not-answered-about-its-ai-what-did-they-train-on/", "published_at": "2026-02-16T16:05:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb4-a74c-712a-9e88-5fe95bfded44", "title": "Buying Belief: Big Tech’s AI Influencer Payola Payments and the Manufacturing of Cultural Consent", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/02/13/buying-belief-big-techs-ai-influencer-payola-payments-and-the-manufacturing-of-cultural-consent/", "published_at": "2026-02-13T16:34:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb4-a74c-712a-9e88-5fe95c85a8c5", "title": "Synthetic Emotion from The Music Department: Suno’s Unsettling Ad Campaign and the Return of Orwell’s Machine-Made Culture from 1984", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/02/10/synthetic-emotion-from-the-music-department-sunos-unsettling-ad-campaign-and-the-return-of-orwells-machine-made-culture-from-1984/", "published_at": "2026-02-10T12:34:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb4-a74c-712a-9e88-5fe95ccd1d4e", "title": "When Speed Becomes Risk: Why India’s AI Compulsory License Debate Needs Facts, Not Shortcuts", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/02/07/when-speed-becomes-risk-why-indias-ai-compulsory-license-debate-needs-facts-not-shortcuts/", "published_at": "2026-02-08T01:17:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb4-a74c-712a-9e88-5fe95cff25eb", "title": "Hotel California Meets the Gulag Archipelago: Paul Sinclair Says the Quiet Part Out Loud About “Walled Gardens”", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/02/04/hotel-california-meets-the-gulag-archipelago-paul-sinclair-says-the-quiet-part-out-loud-about-walled-gardens/", "published_at": "2026-02-05T02:08:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb4-a74c-712a-9e88-5fe95d50e523", "title": "TikTok’s Divestment Ouroboros: How the “Sale” Changed the Optics but Not the Leverage", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/02/01/tiktoks-divestment-ouroboros-how-the-sale-changed-the-optics-but-not-the-leverage/", "published_at": "2026-02-01T16:58:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb4-a74c-712a-9e88-5fe95d52d88f", "title": "Is This Week’s AI Sell-Off the First Crack in the Bubble?", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/01/30/is-this-weeks-ai-sell-off-the-first-crack-in-the-bubble/", "published_at": "2026-01-30T22:10:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb4-a74c-712a-9e88-5fe95e00f4b9", "title": "Why David Sacks Wanted to Preempt Local Zoning: The Real AI Bottleneck Isn’t Copyright—It’s Concrete", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/01/28/why-david-sacks-wanted-to-preempt-local-zoning-the-real-ai-bottleneck-isnt-copyright-its-concrete/", "published_at": "2026-01-28T18:42:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-3a52-70da-9ba7-fec769d2c31d", "title": "Kid Rock Takes the Hill: What the Senate’s Ticketing Hearing Really Signals", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/01/27/kid-rock-takes-the-hill-what-the-senates-ticketing-hearing-really-signals/", "published_at": "2026-01-28T00:55:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-3a52-70da-9ba7-fec769e11c7c", "title": "What ‘Kill Hollywood’ Tells Us About AI Regulation ", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/01/27/what-kill-hollywood-tells-us-about-ai-regulation/", "published_at": "2026-01-27T14:58:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-3a52-70da-9ba7-fec76a9e5a4c", "title": "A Grassroots Rebellion Against Data Centers Is Spreading—State by StateGrass‑Roots Rebellion Against Data Centers and Grid Expansion", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/01/26/a-grassroots-rebellion-against-data-centers-is-spreading-state-by-stategrass-roots-rebellion-against-data-centers-and-grid-expansion/", "published_at": "2026-01-26T23:22:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-3a52-70da-9ba7-fec76b947b45", "title": "Stealing Isn’t Innovation!", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/01/25/stealing-isnt-innovation/", "published_at": "2026-01-25T15:01:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-3a52-70da-9ba7-fec76c690410", "title": "Hachette v. Google: Shadow Libraries, AI Training and the Reckoning of the Inevitable Pirates", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/01/24/hachette-v-google-shadow-libraries-ai-training-and-the-reckoning-of-the-inevitable-pirates/", "published_at": "2026-01-24T14:57:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-3a52-70da-9ba7-fec76c9f051b", "title": "The MLC’s 2027 Distribution Plan: Mechanics Announced, Accountability Deferred", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/01/23/the-mlcs-2027-distribution-plan-mechanics-announced-accountability-deferred/", "published_at": "2026-01-23T13:44:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-3a52-70da-9ba7-fec76d9e8ade", "title": "From Shadow Libraries to Shadow Training: Why Spotify’s Anna’s Archive Lawsuit Matters for AI", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/01/22/from-shadow-libraries-to-shadow-training-why-spotifys-annas-archive-lawsuit-matters-for-ai/", "published_at": "2026-01-23T01:36:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-3a52-70da-9ba7-fec76e51eaca", "title": "The Sounds of Silence in the AI Action Plan Hearing Charter", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/01/21/the-sounds-of-silence-in-the-ai-action-plan-hearing-charter/", "published_at": "2026-01-21T17:44:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-3a52-70da-9ba7-fec76eb7596d", "title": "Grassroots Revolt Against Data Centers Goes National: Water Use Now the Flashpoint", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/01/19/grassroots-revolt-against-data-centers-goes-national-water-use-now-the-flashpoint/", "published_at": "2026-01-20T02:04:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-3a52-70da-9ba7-fec76f883be3", "title": "California AB 1349 and the Case for Enforceable, Local Ticketing Reform", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/01/15/california-ab-1349-and-the-case-for-enforceable-local-ticketing-reform/", "published_at": "2026-01-15T16:46:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbe-9a80-73e9-9d52-ec4115d095a4", "title": "The Fifth Circuit Affirms Worldwide Termination in Vetter v. 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ASCAP Matters to Everyone (Even If You Don’t Write Production Music)", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2025/12/19/why-alibi-v-ascap-matters-to-everyone-even-if-you-dont-write-production-music/", "published_at": "2025-12-19T18:12:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbe-9a80-73e9-9d52-ec4118d6c759", "title": "Sacks, Soybeans and Servers: Saline Township Michigan and Silicon Valley’s New Rural Extraction Economy for the Rest of Us", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2025/12/18/sacks-soybeans-and-servers-saline-township-michigan-and-silicon-valleys-new-rural-extraction-economy-for-the-rest-of-us/", "published_at": "2025-12-18T13:25:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbe-9a80-73e9-9d52-ec41193cde85", "title": "Compulsory AI Licensing Is a Fantasy — and We’ve Seen This Movie Before", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2025/12/17/compulsory-ai-licensing-is-a-fantasy-and-weve-seen-this-movie-before/", "published_at": "2025-12-17T14:56:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbe-9a80-73e9-9d52-ec4119e6afe0", "title": "Oversight Is Not Defamation: Why Fitzgerald’s Letter and BMI’s Comments on Pro Music Rights Are Likely Protected", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2025/12/16/oversight-is-not-defamation-why-fitzgeralds-letter-and-bmis-comments-on-pro-music-rights-are-likely-protected/", "published_at": "2025-12-16T20:38:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc3-1937-736e-8761-1f7c11e36ed7", "title": "The Paradox of Huang’s Rope", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2025/12/14/the-paradox-of-huangs-rope/", "published_at": "2025-12-14T16:14:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc3-1937-736e-8761-1f7c124c8ba2", "title": "Why Trump’s AI Executive Order Is an Unconstitutional Gift to Big Tech", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2025/12/11/why-trumps-ai-executive-order-is-an-unconstitutional-gift-to-big-tech/", "published_at": "2025-12-12T02:52:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc3-1937-736e-8761-1f7c12c1c971", "title": "Google’s AI Monopoly Playbook Is the Real Man‑Bites‑Dog Story", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2025/12/11/googles-ai-monopoly-playbook-is-the-real-man-bites-dog-story/", "published_at": "2025-12-11T14:47:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc3-1937-736e-8761-1f7c12dcc624", "title": "Algorithmic Genesis Mission, Silicon Valley Pharaohs, and the New Anti-Federalists", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2025/12/09/algorithmic-genesis-mission-silicon-valley-pharaohs-and-the-new-anti-federalists/", "published_at": "2025-12-09T14:24:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc3-1937-736e-8761-1f7c13a69dfd", "title": "CRB Sets 2026 Mechanical Rate at 13.1¢", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2025/12/07/crb-sets-2026-mechanical-rate-at-13-1%c2%a2/", "published_at": "2025-12-08T00:01:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc3-1937-736e-8761-1f7c148757bc", "title": "Gene Simmons and the American Music Fairness Act", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2025/12/05/gene-simmons-and-the-american-music-fairness-act/", "published_at": "2025-12-05T18:17:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc3-1937-736e-8761-1f7c1502c7e8", "title": "AI Preemption ‘Double Sneak’ in the National Defense Authorization Act", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2025/12/04/ai-preemption-double-sneak-in-the-national-defense-authorization-act/", "published_at": "2025-12-04T15:33:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc3-1937-736e-8761-1f7c15137712", "title": "STOP SACKS’ AI PREEMPTION: Parents Confront Congress Over Big Tech’s Push for a Federal Shield", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2025/12/01/stop-sacks-ai-preemption-parents-confront-congress-over-big-techs-push-for-a-federal-shield/", "published_at": "2025-12-02T04:48:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc3-1937-736e-8761-1f7c15663cc1", "title": "NYT: Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends", "url": "https://musictechpolicy.com/2025/11/30/nyt-silicon-valleys-man-in-the-white-house-is-benefiting-himself-and-his-friends/", "published_at": "2025-11-30T23:47:50+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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The Bad Hemingway Contest at Main Justice, or What Judge Chhabria Actually Saidoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2026
Phonorecords V: The Judges Are Asking the Right Questions for Songwritersoriginal ↗
19 Sept 2026
Why Is DistroKid Holding Out on Streaming Integrity?original ↗
15 Sept 2026
Panel Update: Artist Rights Symposium 5 at University of Georgia on October 19original ↗
8 Sept 2026
Happy Labor Dayoriginal ↗
7 Sept 2026
DOJ Wants an AI Training Safe Harbor Without Going Through Congressoriginal ↗
3 Sept 2026
Another Independent Voice on the Phonorecords V Subpart B Settlementoriginal ↗
1 Sept 2026
The Screwtape Settlement: Meta’s $17 Billion Escape Hatchoriginal ↗
28 Aug 2026
DATA CENTER POLITICAL SITREP 8/25/26original ↗
25 Aug 2026
DATA CENTER BACKLASH SITREP 8/20/26original ↗
20 Aug 2026
The Missing Record: Independent Songwriters Ask What the Phonorecords V Settlement Doesn’t Tell Usoriginal ↗
20 Aug 2026
The Smart People Did it Again: Data Center Backlash NRSC Panicoriginal ↗
19 Aug 2026
Nine Years Frozen: Eight Mile Style Takes on the Phonorecords V Settlementoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2026
DATA CENTER BACKLASH SITREP 8/5/26original ↗
5 Aug 2026
A Little Free Advice to Don Passman: It Ain’t Over Till It’s Overoriginal ↗
31 Jul 2026
AI Music Governance Takes a Step Forwardoriginal ↗
30 Jul 2026
Nothing Focuses the Mind Like a CID: Fans Left Empty-Handed as Texas AG Launches StubHub Investigationoriginal ↗
27 Jul 2026
The AI “License” That Isn’t: A Musician’s Checklist for Spotting a Covenant Not to Sue Censorship Trap in Disguiseoriginal ↗
22 Jul 2026
National AI Data Center Backlash SITREP—July 13, 2026original ↗
14 Jul 2026
Like Shadows on a Cave Wall, CRB Publishes Proposed Phonorecords V Settlement for Comment — Comments Due August 10original ↗
13 Jul 2026
AI Infrastructure Backlash Goes Political: Abbott’s Pivot, Rural Revolt, and the National Fight Over Data Centers National SITREP — July 6, 2026original ↗
6 Jul 2026
Notification Is Not Negotiation: A Question Raised by the Phonorecords V Settlementoriginal ↗
1 Jul 2026
Data Center Backlash SITREP — 6/26/26original ↗
26 Jun 2026
Data Center Backlash SITREP 6/20/26 Updateoriginal ↗
21 Jun 2026
National Data Center Backlash SitRep 6/15/26original ↗
15 Jun 2026
Don’t Freeze Mechanicals Againoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2026
National Data Center Backlash SITREPoriginal ↗
11 Jun 2026
The AI Buildout and the Problem of Forecast Riskoriginal ↗
8 Jun 2026
Why AI Tracks Put Music Supervisors in an Impossible Positionoriginal ↗
3 Jun 2026
Careless People, Meta, and the Freedom to Publishoriginal ↗
1 Jun 2026
Bill Ackman Wanted UMG. Then UMG Did Part of the Deal Itselforiginal ↗
30 May 2026
Federally Guaranteed Financial Preemptionoriginal ↗
24 May 2026
The Dog That Didn’t Bark in Wixen v. Metaoriginal ↗
22 May 2026
The Cloud Comes to Town: One Data Center, One Riotoriginal ↗
20 May 2026
How Do They Sleep at Night? Georgia Power Caught Bragging About their Government Handoutsoriginal ↗
17 May 2026
The Cloud Hums: Zuckerberg is Coming for Rural America Bringing Continuous Industrial Nuisance and No Jobsoriginal ↗
15 May 2026
Did David Sacks Just Get Pushed Out of the White House AI Fight?original ↗
13 May 2026
The MLC’s Billion-Dollar Trading Deskoriginal ↗
10 May 2026
Flood at the Gate: AI Slop, Streaming Fraud, and the Collapse of the “39-Step” Mechanical Royalty at the CRBoriginal ↗
7 May 2026
From Missouri to the Texas Hill Country: The AI Buildout Meets the Grid—and the Clockoriginal ↗
5 May 2026
Taylor Swift Trademark Applicationsoriginal ↗
4 May 2026
The Spotify TOS Trap: How Platforms Avoid Public Law Justice for Payolaoriginal ↗
3 May 2026
Fasten Your Seatbelts for the AI Capital Loop: Circular Investment, Resource Constraints, and the Coming Repricing of Intelligenceoriginal ↗
2 May 2026
Ann Says Vote!original ↗
30 Apr 2026
Where was the board? AI Copyright Infringement Moves to the Boardroom: Adobe, Meta, Anthropic—and the Google Precedentoriginal ↗
28 Apr 2026
Florida’s AI Bill of Rights: Trump, the Donors, DeSantis—and the Karp Doctrineoriginal ↗
27 Apr 2026
Phonorecords V and the “39 Steps” Problem: Time for the CRB to Fix Streaming Mechanicalsoriginal ↗
25 Apr 2026
Anna’s Archive Hit with $322 Million Default Judgment: What the Spotify Piracy Ruling Means for Copyright Enforcementoriginal ↗
22 Apr 2026
Cheap at the Price: FTC v. StubHub and the Limits of Junk Fee Enforcementoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2026
Touchable: Anna Meet RICOoriginal ↗
18 Apr 2026
The Show-Me State Meets the Ghost in the Meyer AI Machine in the New Safe Harbor Michael Corleone Styleoriginal ↗
14 Apr 2026
Bill Ackman Wants UMG. Artists Should Be Very Worried.original ↗
8 Apr 2026
Blame the Platform, Not the Victim: ACR, AI Fraud, and the Quality of Quantityoriginal ↗
6 Apr 2026
The Social Media Addiction Verdicts Are In. Now Ask the Hard Question: Where Was the Board?original ↗
28 Mar 2026
Because they’re special: The Supreme Court Just Gave ISPs a Free Pass on Copyright Infringement—And Gutted the DMCA in the Processoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2026
Managed Decline and the AI Thucydides Traporiginal ↗
23 Mar 2026
The Great White House AI Copyright Dodge: Managed Decline, Global Spillover, and the Rise of the Chief Personhood Denieroriginal ↗
20 Mar 2026
One More Thing About Perplexityoriginal ↗
13 Mar 2026
Resellers, Speculative Tickets, and the FTC’s “Moment of Availability”original ↗
12 Mar 2026
Follow-Up: The Ratepayer Protection Pledge Meets the Real World — and the 765-kilovolt Problemoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2026
Update: Trump’s “Ratepayer Protection” Pitch Becomes a Private Power Plan for AI — But Grassroots Revolt Won’t Fadeoriginal ↗
28 Feb 2026
Open Letter: Say No to Sunooriginal ↗
24 Feb 2026
Spotify, SeatGeek, and the Expanding Extraction MachineWhen Platform Leverage Meets Ticketing Poweroriginal ↗
20 Feb 2026
The Sinister Question Spotify Has Not Answered About its AI: What Did They Train On?original ↗
16 Feb 2026
Buying Belief: Big Tech’s AI Influencer Payola Payments and the Manufacturing of Cultural Consentoriginal ↗
13 Feb 2026
Synthetic Emotion from The Music Department: Suno’s Unsettling Ad Campaign and the Return of Orwell’s Machine-Made Culture from 1984original ↗
10 Feb 2026
When Speed Becomes Risk: Why India’s AI Compulsory License Debate Needs Facts, Not Shortcutsoriginal ↗
8 Feb 2026
Hotel California Meets the Gulag Archipelago: Paul Sinclair Says the Quiet Part Out Loud About “Walled Gardens”original ↗
5 Feb 2026
TikTok’s Divestment Ouroboros: How the “Sale” Changed the Optics but Not the Leverageoriginal ↗
1 Feb 2026
Is This Week’s AI Sell-Off the First Crack in the Bubble?original ↗
30 Jan 2026
Why David Sacks Wanted to Preempt Local Zoning: The Real AI Bottleneck Isn’t Copyright—It’s Concreteoriginal ↗
28 Jan 2026
Kid Rock Takes the Hill: What the Senate’s Ticketing Hearing Really Signalsoriginal ↗
28 Jan 2026
What ‘Kill Hollywood’ Tells Us About AI Regulation original ↗
27 Jan 2026
A Grassroots Rebellion Against Data Centers Is Spreading—State by StateGrass‑Roots Rebellion Against Data Centers and Grid Expansionoriginal ↗
26 Jan 2026
Stealing Isn’t Innovation!original ↗
25 Jan 2026
Hachette v. Google: Shadow Libraries, AI Training and the Reckoning of the Inevitable Piratesoriginal ↗
24 Jan 2026
The MLC’s 2027 Distribution Plan: Mechanics Announced, Accountability Deferredoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2026
From Shadow Libraries to Shadow Training: Why Spotify’s Anna’s Archive Lawsuit Matters for AIoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2026
The Sounds of Silence in the AI Action Plan Hearing Charteroriginal ↗
21 Jan 2026
Grassroots Revolt Against Data Centers Goes National: Water Use Now the Flashpointoriginal ↗
20 Jan 2026
California AB 1349 and the Case for Enforceable, Local Ticketing Reformoriginal ↗
15 Jan 2026
The Fifth Circuit Affirms Worldwide Termination in Vetter v. Resnikoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2026
The MMA’s Unconstitutional Unclaimed Property Preemption: How Congress Handed Protections to Privatize Escheatmentoriginal ↗
6 Jan 2026
Reading Recommendation: Careless People and the AI Era We’re Enteringoriginal ↗
3 Jan 2026
2026 Music Predictions: The Legal and Policy Fault Lines Aheadoriginal ↗
1 Jan 2026

2025

Meet the New AI Boss, Worse Than the Old Internet Bossoriginal ↗
30 Dec 2025
David Sacks’ Federal AI “One Rulebook, One Bulldozer” Is a Net Win for Silicon Valleyoriginal ↗
22 Dec 2025
Why Alibi v. ASCAP Matters to Everyone (Even If You Don’t Write Production Music)original ↗
19 Dec 2025
Sacks, Soybeans and Servers: Saline Township Michigan and Silicon Valley’s New Rural Extraction Economy for the Rest of Usoriginal ↗
18 Dec 2025
Compulsory AI Licensing Is a Fantasy — and We’ve Seen This Movie Beforeoriginal ↗
17 Dec 2025
Oversight Is Not Defamation: Why Fitzgerald’s Letter and BMI’s Comments on Pro Music Rights Are Likely Protectedoriginal ↗
16 Dec 2025
The Paradox of Huang’s Ropeoriginal ↗
14 Dec 2025
Why Trump’s AI Executive Order Is an Unconstitutional Gift to Big Techoriginal ↗
12 Dec 2025
Google’s AI Monopoly Playbook Is the Real Man‑Bites‑Dog Storyoriginal ↗
11 Dec 2025
Algorithmic Genesis Mission, Silicon Valley Pharaohs, and the New Anti-Federalistsoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2025
CRB Sets 2026 Mechanical Rate at 13.1¢original ↗
8 Dec 2025
Gene Simmons and the American Music Fairness Actoriginal ↗
5 Dec 2025
AI Preemption ‘Double Sneak’ in the National Defense Authorization Actoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2025
STOP SACKS’ AI PREEMPTION: Parents Confront Congress Over Big Tech’s Push for a Federal Shieldoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2025
NYT: Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friendsoriginal ↗
30 Nov 2025
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