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, 27 Aug 2026 05:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/08/kenya-mcsk-barred-collecting-royalties-kecobo-kamp Kenya's High Court has barred MCSK from collecting royalties. Who pays musicians now? https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/08/kenya-mcsk-barred-collecting-royalties-kecobo-kamp Kenya's High Court has barred the Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) from collecting royalties while it appeals the regulator's refusal to license it, weeks after another society, KAMP, had its licence suspended, and days before the regulator dissolved KAMP's board. Collection now runs through one licensed society, and some of the money is frozen. A draft copyright bill would change how a suspension like this works. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 05:30:00 GMT We are the music makers artist-rightsindustryroyaltiescollective-managementkenyamcskkecobo https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/05/stim-ai-rights-category-opt-in-work-by-work Sweden's STIM makes AI licensing opt-in, one work at a time https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/05/stim-ai-rights-category-opt-in-work-by-work STIM's members have voted to create a separate AI rights category, in force from 1 Jun 2026. No work goes into an AI licence unless its creator switches it on, work by work; everything else stays monitored but excluded. It is the most consent-heavy model we have seen a collecting society adopt, and its weak spot is scale, not principle. Sun, 31 May 2026 05:30:00 GMT We are the music makers ai-musicartist-rightslicensingcollective-managementstimsweden 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-rightsroyaltieslive-streamingcollective-managementindonesialmknasean