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Long-form essays from the bushido team on rights, royalties, and the machinery that decides who gets paid.

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  • 0129 August 202611 min read

    A ground for the underground

    On performance rights, the machines that learned without asking, and why paying for a sample is now the most strategic thing an artist can do

    The performance rights ecosystem moves billions through a system that cannot reliably say who owns what. The AI cases are about to make that everyone's problem.

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