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 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 03:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/opinion/publish-detector-error-rates-not-thresholds https://wearethemusicmakers.co/opinion/publish-detector-error-rates-not-thresholds The labels' subpoena fight with DistroKid has revived calls for distributors to publish everything about their AI detectors. The best counter-argument, that disclosure helps spammers beat the filter, is right about methods and wrong about error rates. Here is where we think the line goes. Mon, 26 Oct 2026 03:30:00 GMT We are the music makers ai-detectionai-musicdistributiondistrokidpolicyformat-counter-take https://wearethemusicmakers.co/opinion/spotify-artist-profile-protection-year-end-prediction https://wearethemusicmakers.co/opinion/spotify-artist-profile-protection-year-end-prediction Spotify says Artist Profile Protection, now a beta with thousands of artists, will be available to all artists by the end of 2026. We expect it on time. We also make our first scored prediction, about the part Spotify has not promised. Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:00:00 GMT We are the music makers streamingai-musicpolicy https://wearethemusicmakers.co/opinion/ai-music-labels-are-the-easy-part https://wearethemusicmakers.co/opinion/ai-music-labels-are-the-easy-part Within eight days in October 2026, Deezer and YouTube Music announced new AI-music controls, and Spotify said it had kept more than 50 million tracks out of recommendations. Labels get the headlines, but the filters do the real work, and none of the announcements we read explains how an artist can contest a mistake. Thu, 22 Oct 2026 03:30:00 GMT We are the music makers streamingai-musicpolicy https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/australia-ai-copyright-outlier-icmp-warning https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/australia-ai-copyright-outlier-icmp-warning The International Confederation of Music Publishers says 62 countries have weighed loosening copyright for AI training and Australia now looks like the only one still considering it. It says Gemini can reproduce lyrics by Kylie Minogue, G-Flip and Nick Cave. A parliamentary committee is due to report by 30 November, so Australian artists have weeks to be heard. Mon, 19 Oct 2026 06:30:00 GMT We are the music makers artist-rightscopyrightai-trainingaustraliapolicy https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/living-wage-for-musicians-act-hr-5664-stuck-in-committee https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/living-wage-for-musicians-act-hr-5664-stuck-in-committee H.R. 5664 would add a fee of half the subscription price, between $4 and $10, to every music streaming subscription and take 10% of streamers' other music revenue, then pay the money straight to human recording artists, capped at a million streams per track a month. It was referred to the House Judiciary Committee on 30 September 2025, and Congress.gov shows no action since. Sat, 17 Oct 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers artist-rightsstreamingroyaltiespolicy https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/denmark-deepfake-bill-l49-consent-burden-of-proof https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/denmark-deepfake-bill-l49-consent-burden-of-proof Denmark's culture minister tabled bill L 49 on 8 Oct 2026. It would bar sharing realistic digital imitations of a person's voice, face or other features, or of a performer's performance, without consent, from 1 Jan 2027. It is not law yet. The detail that matters most for singers is in the explanatory notes: the person who publishes the imitation has to prove consent. Thu, 08 Oct 2026 03:30:00 GMT We are the music makers artist-rightsdeepfakesvoice-cloningcopyrightdenmarkpolicy https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/09/no-fakes-act-cruz-delay https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/09/no-fakes-act-cruz-delay Ted Cruz objected when Marsha Blackburn asked the Senate to pass the NO FAKES Act by unanimous consent on 30 Sep, so the first federal right over your own voice and likeness now waits for a short post-election session. Until then, a cloned singer's options depend on which state they live in. Wed, 30 Sep 2026 05:30:00 GMT We are the music makers artist-rightsno-fakes-actvoice-cloningpolicy https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/09/canada-drops-streamer-contribution-music-funds https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/09/canada-drops-streamer-contribution-music-funds Ottawa has told the Federal Court of Appeal it plans to scrap the rule that large foreign streamers pay 5% of their Canadian revenue into Canadian content funds, and replace it with government money. The 31 August payment date came and went with no new transfers. For music, that means FACTOR, Musicaction and the funds behind early-career artists swap a levy that grew with streaming for a budget line that can be cut. Wed, 02 Sep 2026 05:30:00 GMT We are the music makers industrypolicycanadastreamingartist-fundingspotify https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2024/05/fka-twigs-ai-twin-senate-testimony-artist-control https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2024/05/fka-twigs-ai-twin-senate-testimony-artist-control At a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on the draft NO FAKES Act on 30 April 2024, FKA twigs said she had spent a year building an AI version of herself that speaks in her voice, and argued the line between a useful tool and a theft is whether the artist controls it. Her label's CEO, sitting beside her, argued the new right should be transferable. That tension is the real story. Wed, 01 May 2024 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers aiartist-rightsvoice-cloningno-fakes-actpolicy