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August 24, 2026  

Last week, three researchers from the University of Cambridge published a paper in Nature Machine Intelligence, in which they used AI to analyze the musical idiosyncrasies of 20 legendary jazz pianists. Why? I’m still…

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March 9, 2026   

Indeed, but you can never leave. Messrs. Henley and Fry were on to something with that sublime turn of phrase in the little song inspired by goings-on inside the once-iconically pink hotel on Sunset Boulevard…

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November 17, 2025  

Last Tuesday, November 11, 2025, a German court ruled that OpenAI's ChatGPT violated copyright law by using song lyrics without permission. The court ruled that OpenAI should have obtained licenses for German lyrics in GEMA…

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August 4, 2025

Finally, on Wednesday, July 16th, 2025, in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism held a hearing on the use of copyrighted works to train artificial…

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June 2, 2025

Taylor Swift’s acquisition of her music catalog on Friday marks a significant triumph for artists’ rights, establishing a strong precedent and highlighting the importance of creative ownership within the music industry.

By reclaiming the master…

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March 10, 2025

The trend of catalog sales by artists spanning nearly every genre is shifting the music industry's balance of power, creative control, and financial incentives—and not necessarily for the better. It is also changing the landscape…