What if the song that went viral last week was purchased? And what if the royalties you didn't earn from it were stolen on top of that? In Episode 9, Raia Kumar tracks four stories — manufactured…
The TAKE IT DOWN Act is now law. Which means platform enforcement rules are in effect — and there are two things buried in the fine print that matter far more than the headline. In this Newsflash,…
A new study proved that labeling music as AI, even when it's human-made, causes listeners to emotionally disconnect. The label changed. The music didn't. This week, Raia covers the infrastructure…
YouTube built a button that replaces your music with AI — automatically, inside a copyright claim, at zero cost to whoever just displaced you. There is no opt-out for rights holders. The displacement…
Taylor Swift is filing federal trademarks on the sound of her own voice. That's not a quirk of celebrity — it's a signal that the existing legal framework wasn't built for this moment, and that…
An AI-generated artist just hit #1 on the iTunes global chart — simultaneously, in five countries — and the real artists it displaced had no idea it was coming. If the charts can be gamed that easily,…
The Co-Write Room — Episode 4 "The Gap Between Possible and Inevitable" Raia breaks down the Suno licensing stalemate, Kevin Griffin's SoundBreak AI launch, Anthropic's Mythos AI self-restriction, and…
Every system that was supposed to protect independent artists — copyright protection, distribution infrastructure, algorithmic discovery — has a version of itself that can be bought, gamed, or…
The Co-Write Room — Episode 002 "What No One Will Admit About AI" April 7, 2026 | 6:59 What if the biggest threat to your music career in 2026 isn't that AI is replacing you — it's that nobody in this…
