Alfons Karabuda

AI copyright protection vs competition

A new gate is being built around AI-assisted music. Today it concerns Finland’s official charts. Tomorrow the same principle could influence distribution, radio, playlists, royalty...

Label AI Spam. Do Not Label the Composer.

I welcome the decision by some music platforms to label fully AI generated music. There is a real problem. A person can generate thousands of...

Applause Today – Negotiation Tomorrow

Applause is wonderful. Recognition matters. Encouragement matters. We all appreciate seeing initiatives that appear to move our industry in the right direction. But what happens when...

How to Steal a Whale

Maybe that isn’t quite the right description of what I’ve been asked to explain lately, but bear with me. It has to do with...

The future of music should not be built on forgetting who created it.

AI Music at the Olympics Exposes the Copyright Gap The controversy over Czech ice dancers using AI-generated music at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympics highlights a...