The Co-Write Room: AI, Music, and the Future of Everything Creative

Newsflash - Take It Down!

The TAKE IT DOWN Act is now law. Which means platform enforcement rules are in effect — and there are two things buried in the fine print that matter far more than the headline. In this Newsflash, Raia breaks down: * What the law actually requires covered platforms to do — and the 48-hour federal deadline that is now non-negotiable * Why known identical copies must also be removed, closing a loophole bad actors have exploited for years * The legal distinction that changes everything: consent to create does not equal consent to distribute * What this law does not do — and why the burden of discovery still falls on you For musicians creators, AI voice cloning and visual likeness tools have made it trivially easy to generate convincing content featuring real artists — posted without permission, without compensation, and until now, without any clear path to removal. That just changed. You should know where to find each platform's reporting tool. The 48-hour clock doesn't start until you trigger it. The Co-Write Room is an AI-powered podcast covering the intersection of artificial intelligence, music, and creative rights. * (00:00) - Cold Open * (00:28) - The 48-Hour Rule * (00:58) - Detail #1: The Copies Loophole Is Closed * (01:28) - Detail #2: Consent to Create ≠ Consent to Distribute * (02:10) - What Actually Changed * (02:48) - What This Law Doesn't Do * (03:05) - Outro

Proof: The Holy Grail of AI Detection

A new study proved that labeling music as AI, even when it's human-made, causes listeners to emotionally disconnect. The label changed. The music didn't.  This week, Raia covers the infrastructure being built to apply those labels:  * The Suno lawsuit expanding to 61,000 recordings * Apple Music's AI model fingerprinting * Quicksilver browser extension * Protect Working Musicians Act * Johnny Cash's estate suing Coca-Cola under Tennessee's ELVIS Act * YouTube's automatic AI detection rollout.  The infrastructure of proof is being built right now. So is the infrastructure of protection. They are not moving at the same speed. And they are not being built for the same people. In this episode: The Suno lawsuit expansion: two weeks of Audible Magic audio fingerprinting surfaced 61,026 recordings and the labels called it a small fraction of total infringement. What the technology just proved is possible in federal court. What Universal and Sony won't tell you: they're fighting for master recordings, not the underlying compositions many of which belong to independent Nashville publishers and songwriters with no seat in that Massachusetts courtroom Apple Music's internal count: one third of all submissions are now AI-generated. Less than 0.05% of listening time goes to those tracks but in a pro-rata royalty pool, AI tracks don't need listeners to do damage. They just need to exist. Apple's proprietary technology that can identify not just whether a track is AI-generated, but which AI model produced it and what that means for mandatory disclosure at the distribution level Quicksilver: the browser extension from the University of Chicago team behind Glaze and Nightshade. Press Analyze while a song streams. It scans for inaudible AI audio artifacts on your device. Nothing uploaded. And the research behind it puts nearly 50% of weekly new music releases as AI-generated The Protect Working Musicians Act, reintroduced May 21st by Rep. Deborah Ross with Tennessee's Rep. Steve Cohen as co-sponsor. Why the antitrust exemption framing matters and why naming AI developers as negotiating counterparties is a significant shift Nashville: the Johnny Cash estate suing Coca-Cola in federal court under the ELVIS Act. Why Coca-Cola's soundalike defense, if it succeeds, becomes a roadmap for AI voice replication.  YouTube's automatic AI content detection rollout and the gap between who gets likeness protection (signed artists at CAA, UTA, WME, major management) and who gets caught by the enforcement system (everyone) Look up the Protect Working Musicians Act. Find your representative and contact them. The Artist Rights Alliance has a one-click contact tool at artistrightsalliance.org Use it! If you've been incorrectly flagged by an AI detection system on YouTube, Spotify, anywhere - Raia wants to hear from you.  DM the show or email. That episode is being built now, and it needs real names and real examples I'm Raia. This is The Co-Write Room a show about AI, music, and the business reshaping both.  Follow and rate the show wherever you listen.

YouTube: One Button Dis - No Loyalty, No Royalty

YouTube built a button that replaces your music with AI — automatically, inside a copyright claim, at zero cost to whoever just displaced you. There is no opt-out for rights holders. The displacement is structural, and it is baked into the interface. This week Raia connects three developments that look separate but aren't: a platform feature that quietly routes around human composers, a French legislative bill that could flip the entire burden of proof in AI copyright cases, and a viral AI song that borrowed a real artist's creative DNA — and sent the traffic, attention, and royalties somewhere else. In this episode: * YouTube's "Create" tool inside Studio's Replace Song feature — what it does, who it targets, and why calling it a feature update obscures what it actually is: a policy decision about whose music is worth paying for * The French Darcos bill — passed unanimously by the Senate — which inserts a rebuttable presumption into IP law, shifting the burden of proof onto AI companies to demonstrate they didn't use copyrighted works in training * The coalition of 81 French cultural organizations led by SACEM, and why a legal precedent in France could hand Nashville's songwriting community its first working legislative roadmap * Stick Figure's "Angels Above Me," the AI cover "Run Run River," and how a copied song can hit number two on the global Shazam chart before the original artist even knows it exists * Why the question is no longer whether this is happening — it's whether anyone moves before the damage becomes the new normal Before you close this app: * If you have music in YouTube videos subject to Content ID claims, understand that the new default is AI replacement — not human resolution. Know your options before you're in the middle of a claim. * If you're a songwriter or publisher following AI legislation, the Darcos bill is the model to watch. It's the clearest framework on the table right now. * If you know an independent artist who needs to hear this today — send it to them. The platforms are not going to surface this story for you. The Co-Write Room is at the intersection of AI, music, and the business reshaping both. Follow and rate the show wherever you listen. * (00:00) - Cold Open * (00:55) - How the Tool Works * (02:00) - The Structural Problem * (02:50) - France Flips the Burden * (04:10) - SACEM & the 81 * (05:05) - Run Run River * (06:10) - Action Steps + Outro

The Co-Write Room: Taylor Swift, AI and Trademark Law

Taylor Swift is filing federal trademarks on the sound of her own voice. That's not a quirk of celebrity — it's a signal that the existing legal framework wasn't built for this moment, and that waiting for legislation to catch up is not a strategy. In this episode, Raia connects two stories that look separate but aren't: Swift's trademark filings through TAS Rights Management, and Björn Ulvaeus's demands on behalf of CISAC's five million creators at this week's IMS Ibiza. Together, they reveal a single structural problem at the center of the AI music economy. In this episode: * Swift's voice trademark applications — what they cover, what they signal, and why almost no one else has the infrastructure to attempt this * The IMS Electronic Music Business Report numbers: 651% revenue growth, 63 million monthly active users, $333 million — and what it means that the artists who trained these models aren't sharing in that * 75,000 AI-generated tracks uploaded to Deezer every single day (44% of all new uploads) — and what that kind of competition actually does to a working musician's release * Ulvaeus at IMS Ibiza: transparency, opt-out rights, fair payment, and a seat at the table before deals are signed * The streaming-era "breakage" parallel — and why the same conditions are forming right now in AI licensing * The real story: not AI. The asymmetry between artists with resources and artists without. Before you close this app: * If you have unregistered music, demos, or co-writes — look into platforms like ViNIL for registration and protection. * If you're signed or distributed through a major partner, ask your admin what AI licensing agreements they're part of. You have a right to know. I'm Raia. This is The Co-Write Room. * (00:00) - Cold Open * (00:45) - The $333M Number * (01:45) - The Deezer Stat * (02:20) - Who's Not in the Room * (03:10) - Breakage, Again * (03:50) - The Asymmetry * (04:20) - Action Steps + Outro

The AI Artist That Went to #1 - And No One Saw It Coming...

An AI-generated artist just hit #1 on the iTunes global chart — simultaneously, in five countries — and the real artists it displaced had no idea it was coming. If the charts can be gamed that easily, what does that mean for musicians who are still showing up and doing the work? This week on The Co-Write Room, Raia breaks down three stories from a single week in April 2025 that, taken together, tell you exactly where the music industry stands on AI right now. Not where it's headed. Where it is today. In this episode: * The IngaRose story — an AI-generated R&B persona built on Suno that hit #1 on the U.S. and global iTunes charts on April 17th, simultaneously topping the UK, Canada, France, and New Zealand. Linked to a South Carolina producer with a documented history of chart manipulation. The distribution pipeline that allowed it? Still open. * Splice's new Variations, Craft, and Magic Fit tools — built on top of 3 million human-licensed samples, with compensation baked in at the infrastructure level. When AI generates a variation of your sound, you get paid. This is proof the architecture doesn't have to be extractive. * Spotify's Artist Profile Protection — a new opt-in beta letting artists approve releases before they go live under their name. Directionally right, but arriving in 2026 while the crisis is already active. And the artists most at risk are the last to get access. Three stories. One week. The same question underneath all of them: Who captures the value that musicians create? Action steps from this episode: * Check your Spotify for Artists profile right now for any releases you didn't upload. * If Artist Profile Protection is available to you, turn it on. If not, screenshot your current catalog. * If you create samples or sounds, look at Splice's Variations model and ask whether your current platforms offer anything close to it. * Before you sign any AI deal: ask whether your work is traceable, and whether you get paid every time it's used as a source. The Co-Write Room is a weekly podcast for music creators and music industry professionals navigating AI, distribution, and the future of music business. New episodes drop weekly. * (00:00) - Timestamps * (00:00) - Chapter 2 * (00:00) - |CHAPTER |DESCRIPTION * (00:00) - | Cold Open | The IngaRose question: if charts can be gamed this easily, why be a musician? * (00:28) - | Intro & Context | Welcome from Raia. Three stories, one week — this is where the industry is today. * (00:55) - | Story 1: IngaRose | AI R&B persona hits #1 in 5 countries simultaneously. The Suno-built artist, the Dallas Little connection, and the unfixed distribution pipeline. * (02:18) - | Story 2: Splice | Variations, Craft, and Magic Fit launch. The model that pays source creators for every AI output — and why it's a proof of concept the industry must measure itself against. * (03:52) - | Story 3: Spotify | Artist Profile Protection beta. Directionally correct, arriving too late, protecting the wrong people first. * (05:10) - | The Bigger Picture | Three stories, one crisis: who controls distribution infrastructure, compensation, and protection? * (05:55) - | Action Steps | Three things to do before you close this app. * (06:38) - | Outro | Raia signs off.