We are the music makers https://wearethemusicmakers.co/latest Music tech and AI in music: the news that matters, what we think about it, and a directory of the tools. en-us Mon, 19 Oct 2026 06:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/australia-ai-copyright-outlier-icmp-warning Australia is the AI copyright outlier, and the world's music publishers are warning it https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/australia-ai-copyright-outlier-icmp-warning The International Confederation of Music Publishers says 62 countries have weighed loosening copyright for AI training and Australia now looks like the only one still considering it. It says Gemini can reproduce lyrics by Kylie Minogue, G-Flip and Nick Cave. A parliamentary committee is due to report by 30 November, so Australian artists have weeks to be heard. Mon, 19 Oct 2026 06:30:00 GMT We are the music makers artist-rightscopyrightai-trainingasia-pacificpolicy https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/04/indonesia-lmkn-royalty-distribution-2026-live-streams Indonesia rewrites how music royalties are split, and says live streams can owe them too https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/04/indonesia-lmkn-royalty-distribution-2026-live-streams Indonesia's national royalty body, LMKN, has issued 2026 distribution rules that pay first on reported usage data and give a capped fallback allocation to members whose songs never show up in the logs. The same body says music in TikTok and YouTube live streams can owe royalties. For songwriters, getting your songs into the data now decides more of what you're paid. Tue, 21 Apr 2026 05:30:00 GMT We are the music makers industryartist-rightsroyaltieslivestreamingcollecting-societiesasia-pacificlmkn