Tag: music labels
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Music labels oppose AI, but they have to accept it
Major music companies have found a way to accommodate artificial intelligence: make it part of their business. The technology can threaten their catalogs, compete for listeners, and weaken their negotiating position. However, it can also generate licensing fees, subscriptions, and new products built around those same catalogs. That tension explains more than a simple story…
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How would music look if labels were not a cartel?
Music looks free on the surface. Anyone can upload a track. Anyone can stream. Yet power never vanished. It consolidated. A small cluster of major labels still coordinates access, visibility, contracts, catalog ownership, and revenue flows. No conspiracy meetings are required. Structural alignment does the work. Therefore the real question is not whether music feels…