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  • What the EU AI Act means for musicians: labels, training summaries, opt-outs and dates

    The EU AI Act does three things a musician should know about: it makes general-purpose AI providers keep a copyright policy and publish a summary of their training content, it requires deepfake audio to be disclosed and AI output to carry machine-readable marks, and it points rightsholders to the EU text-and-data-mining opt-out. This guide sets out what each rule says, when it applies, and what it does not do, from the regulation text and European Commission pages read on 24 Oct 2026.

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  • IPRS and PPL India explained: who collects for your song, who collects for your recording, and what changed in 2025

    India splits music licensing between the song and the recording. IPRS speaks for composers, lyricists and publishers; PPL India licenses sound recordings assigned to it by labels. A 2025 Delhi High Court ruling questioned how PPL may license without being a registered copyright society. This guide explains the two sides and what an independent artist should do, using the Copyright Act text and court records read on 25 Oct 2026.

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  • Licensing your music to YouTubers, podcasters and streamers: a practical guide

    Creators need background music and will happily pay or credit an artist who makes clearing it easy. This guide covers the three ways to license your tracks directly to creators (free with credit, Creative Commons, or a paid licence), what a one-page licence should say, how to keep Content ID from claiming a video you licensed, and how to price it. YouTube and Creative Commons sources read on 25 Oct 2026.

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  • Registering music copyright in the US: SR vs PA, group options and fees

    A song and a recording of it are two separate works for US copyright purposes. This guide explains which application covers which, when one application can cover both, the group options for albums and unpublished batches, and what each costs now and under the fee schedule that can take effect from 11 November 2026. Sources: the US Copyright Office and 17 U.S.C., read on 24 Oct 2026.

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