Could AI music be the industry’s next Napster moment?

Could AI music be the industry’s next Napster moment?

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“Have Everything. Own Nothing,” Napster once claimed. Today’s generative AI models seem to say, “Scrape Everything. Credit Nothing.” Still, fairer frameworks may yet emerge, says Professor María L. Vázquez. Working for Virgin Music in the 1990s, the Harvard-educated lawyer saw early file-sharing give rise to legitimate streaming platforms. For WIPO Magazine, Vázquez explores the copyright lessons we may learn from past disruptions.

WIPO Magazine ; issue 1/2025.

Geneva, Switzerland : World Intellectual Property Organization, 2025.

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