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 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 05:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/brazil-ai-bill-pl-2338-training-opt-out-remuneration-stalled Brazil's AI bill would let musicians block training and get paid, if the Chamber ever votes on it https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/brazil-ai-bill-pl-2338-training-opt-out-remuneration-stalled Brazil's Senate passed PL 2338/2023 in December 2024 with a copyright chapter that lets rightsholders forbid AI training on their work and requires AI developers to pay for what they use. The Chamber of Deputies' special committee has held no meetings in 2026, and the rapporteur now expects a vote only after the October elections. Thu, 15 Oct 2026 05:30:00 GMT We are the music makers artist-rightsaibrazilcopyrightai-trainingregulation https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/08/brazil-ecad-letter-big-tech-ai-licensing-bill-stalled Brazil's music societies told big tech to license now. The AI bill is still waiting https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/08/brazil-ecad-letter-big-tech-ai-licensing-bill-stalled ECAD, Brazil's central collecting office, and the music societies that run it joined broadcasters and publishers in a letter to OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Meta, Apple, Amazon and others. It says AI use of their members' work needs authorisation and payment under the 1998 copyright law, and invites talks to avoid litigation. Brazil's AI bill, which would write that into statute, has stalled in the Chamber of Deputies until after the elections. Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:30:00 GMT We are the music makers ai-musicartist-rightscopyrightcollecting-societiesbrazilecadopenaipl-2338 https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/05/brazil-mexico-spotify-royalties-2025-loud-and-clear Brazil and Mexico on Spotify, by the royalty numbers: R$2bn, MX$8.2bn and who actually gets paid https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/05/brazil-mexico-spotify-royalties-2025-loud-and-clear Spotify says Brazilian artists generated about R$2bn on the service in 2025 and Mexican artists about MX$8.2bn. Both numbers are real growth, but they measure money paid to rights holders, not to artists, and Mexico's headline "more than half from abroad" is close to Spotify's own global average. Mon, 11 May 2026 05:30:00 GMT We are the music makers industryspotifyroyaltiesartist-rightsstreamingbrazilmexicolatin-america