S4 Ep84: AI Is Building Billion-Dollar Companies on Musicians’ Work

S4 Ep84: AI Is Building Billion-Dollar Companies on Musicians’ Work

Katie Rubino and Kary Oberbrunner unpack one of the biggest intellectual property stories of the year. A new investigation revealed that millions of songs were included in datasets used to develop AI music generators, allowing artists to search whether their own music appears in those collections. The discovery raises difficult questions about ownership, consent, attribution, licensing, and the future of creativity. In this episode, Kary and Katie explore: • What this discovery means for musicians, songwriters, and music publishers  • Whether AI companies crossed the line or are protected by fair use arguments  • Why attribution alone isn’t enough without creator permission and compensation  • The legal battles that could reshape the future of music and AI  • How creators can begin protecting their intellectual property before it’s too late This isn’t simply a conversation about music. It’s a conversation about the future of every creator whose work can be copied, learned from, and commercialized by artificial intelligence. If you create, this episode matters. PROTECT your first idea FREE ► https://instantip.app/ [https://instantip.app/]

S4 Ep83: Tom Wheelwright Interviews Kary Oberbrunner on the Future of IP

Intellectual property is no longer just a legal issue. It is becoming one of the most overlooked asset classes in business. At WealthAbility’s 2026 Annual Tax Conference, Kary Oberbrunner, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author and founder of Instant IP®, will join WealthAbility founder Tom Wheelwright, CPA, for a live interview on how entrepreneurs, investors, business owners, and advisors can leverage intellectual property to create enterprise value. Tom Wheelwright is widely known as a leading tax strategist and longtime tax advisor to Robert Kiyosaki, bestselling author of Rich Dad Poor Dad. At this event, he and Kary will explore why IP is quickly becoming a critical wealth strategy in the age of artificial intelligence, business exits, and digital transformation. In this episode, Kary explains why many companies are sitting on hidden intellectual property they have never identified, protected, or monetized. These assets may include frameworks, books, brands, methods, software, training systems, processes, content, data, inventions, trade secrets, and proprietary knowledge. The problem is simple. Most entrepreneurs are creating IP every day, but they are not treating it like an asset. Topics covered include: • How intellectual property drives enterprise value • Why IP is often missing from business strategy • How AI has increased the urgency of IP protection • Why entrepreneurs need to identify hidden assets before an exit • How books, frameworks, courses, software, and systems can become protectable IP • Why tax, legal, and business advisors need to understand IP strategy • How Instant IP® helps creators and companies document and protect ideas • The future belongs to entrepreneurs who know how to find, protect, and leverage their intellectual property. • Your ideas are not just inspiration. • Your systems are not just operations. • Your content is not just marketing. • Your intellectual property may be your next asset class. PROTECT your first idea FREE ► https://instantip.app/ [https://instantip.app/]

S4 Ep82: AI Is Stealing Hollywood. Here’s How Filmmakers Fight Back

AI is changing the film industry forever. Scripts, story concepts, performances, footage, voices, likenesses, characters, and entire creative worlds can now be copied, scraped, trained on, and repurposed faster than ever before. For actors, producers, directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and independent filmmakers, this creates a massive opportunity, but also a serious risk. That is why Instant IP® is launching Protect the Filmᴵᴾ, a new campaign designed to help filmmakers protect their creative assets before they are copied, stolen, or used without permission. In this episode, Kary Oberbrunner breaks down why intellectual property is becoming one of the most important issues in film, entertainment, and AI. The question is no longer whether creators are talented. The question is whether their work is protected. Instant IP® is offering a free IP credit to help actors, producers, directors, writers, and filmmakers protect valuable creative assets such as: Scripts Story concepts Character ideas Performances Film treatments Pitch decks Raw footage Creative direction Original worlds and franchises Behind-the-scenes materials AI did not just change how fast content can be created. AI changed how fast content can be copied. Protect the Filmᴵᴾ exists to help creators document, timestamp, and protect their ideas with blockchain-backed evidence before someone else profits from them. Your film is more than content. Your script is more than words. Your performance is more than data. Your idea is intellectual property. Protect your first idea free at Instant IP® https://www.instantip.today/film [https://www.instantip.today/film]

S4 Ep81: AI Is Stealing Teachers’ Lesson Plans. Here’s How Educators Fight Back

Teachers are some of the most important people on the planet. They shape the next generation with lesson plans, curriculum, creativity, care, and original ideas. But in the age of AI, those ideas are at risk. AI tools can scrape, train on, and repurpose teacher-created content, including lesson plans, worksheets, curriculum, classroom frameworks, assessments, presentations, and educational materials. The result? Teachers may lose control of their own intellectual property while others benefit from their work. In this video, Kary Oberbrunner, founder of Instant IP and a university professor, explains why teachers must begin treating their ideas as valuable intellectual property. This is not about fighting AI. It is about using AI wisely while protecting the original work teachers create every day. That is why Instant IP launched Protect the Teacherᴵᴾ, a campaign to help educators identify, protect, and leverage their IP. Teachers can protect their first idea free and access special educator discounts at InstantIP.today [http://InstantIP.today]. You don’t protect your IP when you’re big. You become big by protecting your IP. Learn more and claim your free first credit: InstantIP.today [http://InstantIP.today] https://www.instantip.today/teacher/ [https://www.instantip.today/teacher/]

S4 Ep80: The Superscript IP Revolution: Why a Tiny Symbol Is Disrupting a Trillion-Dollar Industry and replacing the superscript TM

What if the most powerful innovation in intellectual property isn’t a new law, platform, or technology, but a tiny symbol? In this episode, Kary Oberbrunner and Katie Rubino unpack the rise of ᴵᴾ and why they believe it represents a fundamental shift in how creators, entrepreneurs, authors, speakers, and businesses protect their ideas in the age of artificial intelligence. For decades, people have relied on ™ to signal ownership. But does a trademark symbol actually protect an idea, process, framework, keynote, manuscript, or business concept before formal registration? And what happens when AI can copy, learn from, and distribute intellectual property at unprecedented speed? Kary and Katie explore: * The origins of the ᴵᴾ movement * Why creators are rethinking traditional intellectual property strategies * The limitations of relying solely on ™ * How AI is accelerating the need for faster protection methods * The difference between claiming ownership and documenting ownership * Why proof, provenance, and chain of custody are becoming essential in the digital economy * How ᴵᴾ is challenging long-held assumptions about intellectual property protection Whether you’re an entrepreneur, author, inventor, speaker, artist, startup founder, attorney, or business owner, this conversation will challenge how you think about protecting what you create. The future belongs to creators. The question is whether their ideas will be protected or become someone else’s competitive advantage. ™ claims it. ᴵᴾ proves it. PROTECT your first idea FREE ► https://instantip.app/ [https://instantip.app/]