The AI Copyright Battle Every Independent Artist Needs to Understand | Ep. 646

The latest music business and production news.

For independent musicians: AI copyright lawsuits, royalty disputes, and changing listener habits are reshaping the music industry right now.

Bobby covers US recorded music revenue hitting $6 billion in the first half of the year, with CDs up 59%. 

He also explains what a San Jose Sharks arena crowd rejecting an AI goal song tells independent artists. . .

Universal Music Group is suing DistroKid for up to $150 million over undisclosed AI-generated tracks. . .

And a proposed mechanical royalty settlement would drop songwriter pay below the current 13.1 cents per song rate.


#MusicIndustry #IndieArtist #AIMusciCopyright #SongwriterRoyalties #BobbyOwsinski

Ad Link: Explore The Mixing Engineer's Answer Book, 50 Essential Questions About Mixing Answered.

Thank you for tuning in to Bobby Owsinski’s Inner Circle, the podcast that takes you deep inside the music industry. Each week, Bobby shares insights, news, analysis, and conversations with the movers and shakers shaping today’s music world.

📌 Explore Bobby’s best-selling books

🎙️ Nail that pro vocal sound: clear, upfront, and mix-ready. Learn how in Bobby’s Vocal Mixing Mini-Course

🎧 Discover more mixing and production courses

📲 Follow Bobby for more tips, insights, and updates:

Facebook
LinkedIn
Instagram
Bluesky

🎙️ New episodes release every Tuesday at 9AM Pacific on YouTube and your favorite podcast app.

Music. Business. Creativity. Straight from the Inner Circle.

Produced by APodcastGeek: https://itl.ink/APodcastGeek