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 Sun, 18 Oct 2026 04:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/2027-grammys-ai-rule-plain-english https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/2027-grammys-ai-rule-plain-english Grammy nominations land on 16 November. The rulebook lets AI material in, as long as the human part is "meaningful and more than de minimis" and fits the category. Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr says a majority of a song must be human-written, which is a higher bar than the rulebook sets. Sun, 18 Oct 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers ai-musicgrammysawardssongwritinghuman-authorship https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/italy-ai-law-human-authorship-producers https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/italy-ai-law-human-authorship-producers Italy's AI law, Law No. 132 of 2025, amended the country's copyright act so that only works of human intellect are protected, including AI-assisted works that are "the result of the author's intellectual work". It also made spreading harmful AI-faked voices a crime. The law doesn't say how much human input is enough, so the evidence a producer keeps becomes the practical safeguard. Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:30:00 GMT We are the music makers ai-musiccopyrightartist-rightsdeepfakeshuman-authorshipitaly