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 Fri, 08 May 2026 04:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/05/johnny-cash-estate-v-coca-cola-elvis-act Coca-Cola denies its ad copied Johnny Cash's voice in an ELVIS Act case with no AI in it https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/05/johnny-cash-estate-v-coca-cola-elvis-act Coca-Cola has answered the Johnny Cash estate's lawsuit over a college-football ad sung by a Cash tribute performer, admitting the ad uses "a male singing voice" but denying it infringes. The most prominent case yet under Tennessee's AI-era voice law, as far as we know, turns on a human soundalike, which is exactly why session singers and tribute acts should follow it. Fri, 08 May 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers artist-rightselvis-actvoice-rightssoundalikes