Operational AI versus generative AI, the worldwide Fixit conference, and the most powerful valet

Ensh**tification coming home to roost, thundering hordes stand down, and Drew Thurlow has an axe to grind.

Even Fox news couldn't ignore the halftime show blowback...   Names in Today's Pod: Drew Thurlow Joel Gouveia Ted Gioia Ben Sisario Fox News (yep!) Lorde Ben Sisario X   LINKS: EPISODE: https://lnk.to/unlimitedsupply [https://lnk.to/unlimitedsupply] Even Fox News Copped to World Cup Final Enshittification https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/first-world-cup-halftime-show-draws-mixed-reactions-shakira-justin-bieber-bts-madonna-performances [https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/first-world-cup-halftime-show-draws-mixed-reactions-shakira-justin-bieber-bts-madonna-performances] The death of Audience Capture? Maybe... https://substack.com/inbox/post/207450495 [https://substack.com/inbox/post/207450495] A vote for Qobuz over the enshittified incumbent https://substack.com/inbox/post/205285016 [https://substack.com/inbox/post/205285016] A Right bollocking from Lorde https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/17/elon-musk-x-music-publishers-lawsuits-over/?mc_cid=409a77248d&mc_eid=e6e936dd58 [https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/17/elon-musk-x-music-publishers-lawsuits-over/?mc_cid=409a77248d&mc_eid=e6e936dd58]    Thundering hordes stand down https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/arts/music/x-music-lawsuits.html [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/arts/music/x-music-lawsuits.html] Drew's AI Labeling Axe to Grind https://www.billboard.com/pro/ai-music-labels-songs-why-proposal-flawed/ [https://www.billboard.com/pro/ai-music-labels-songs-why-proposal-flawed/]   Birthdays this week (and a few from last week) Joe Sivick Sam Josh Kahn Paul Adams Greg Linn Tom Pernikoff   Follow Unlimited Supply on Substack: https://unlimitedsupply.substack.com/ [https://unlimitedsupply.substack.com/] Support Us directly! https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e [https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e] Today's Music Business headlines in minutes. #musicbusiness #podcast Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC The only daily Music Industry Podcast. Listen and Follow!!

Risk shifting, living artists aren't dead yet, and I demand justice! (or a settlement).

Kreayshawn 600,000, Breaking Rust 14,000...   Names in the pod today: Jamie Marconette Luminate Murray Stassen Tim Ingham Suno Recognition Music Sony Music Publishing   Links in Comments...   LINKS: Episode: https://unlimitedsupply.substackt.com [https://unlimitedsupply.substack.com/] or https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply [https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply] Luminate's Half-Year report is Christmas in July https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7483188728920891392/ [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7483188728920891392/] https://luminatedata.com/reports/midyear-music-ftv-report-2026 [https://luminatedata.com/reports/midyear-music-ftv-report-2026] Suno IPO Impending? MMMMayybe... https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/suno-is-building-toward-ipo-readiness/ [https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/suno-is-building-toward-ipo-readiness/] Suno's Smoking scraping gun... https://www.404media.co/hack-reveals-suno-ai-music-generator-scraped-youtube-deezer-and-genius/ [https://www.404media.co/hack-reveals-suno-ai-music-generator-scraped-youtube-deezer-and-genius/] The end of the Hipgnosis-ene Epoch https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/done-deal-sony-music-publishing-completes-acquisition-of-recognition-music-groups-catalog/ [https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/done-deal-sony-music-publishing-completes-acquisition-of-recognition-music-groups-catalog/]   Song(s) of the week: Fabienne Delsol -- "I Have Known Love" The Rolling Stones -- "Rough And Twisted"   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lagnkDIqhhoeTPzfdbDRh?si=167dcf3362df45f8 [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lagnkDIqhhoeTPzfdbDRh?si=167dcf3362df45f8] Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/user-playlists/cae8e2c2d2e941f184d856c31b86dba3sune? [https://music.amazon.com/user-playlists/cae8e2c2d2e941f184d856c31b86dba3sune?ref=dm_sh_ijCUFAJXNQQS0AV9suVVQiMJ6] Support us directly! Introducing our merch! https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply/shop [https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply/shop] Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast

#571 Don't mess with the GOAT. Don't mess with the platypus. And ticketing reform in Washington?

A clash between a relentless unstoppable force, and the greatest of all time.   Names In Today's Pod: Donald Passman Don Rose Anthropic Paul Resnikoff Dylan Smith Gee Davy AIM Anthony Albanese J R Lind Gideon Gottfried Pitchfork Music Festival Jay-Z (No umlaut) Zohran Mamdani   LINKS:   Don't Mess with the GOAT https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/14/anthropic-pisses-off-music-industry-attorney-donald-passman/ [https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/14/anthropic-pisses-off-music-industry-attorney-donald-passman/] Jay-Z and Mayor Z together again https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/14/jay-z-fans-no-refunds-yankee-stadium-chaos/ [https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/14/jay-z-fans-no-refunds-yankee-stadium-chaos/] Washington (DC) ticket reform!! https://news.pollstar.com/2026/07/15/dc-approves-ticketing-reform-with-price-cap/ [https://news.pollstar.com/2026/07/15/dc-approves-ticketing-reform-with-price-cap/] Another UK fest bites the dust... https://news.pollstar.com/2026/07/15/uk-concert-series-hertiage-live-canceled-over-high-costs-low-ticket-sales/ [https://news.pollstar.com/2026/07/15/uk-concert-series-hertiage-live-canceled-over-high-costs-low-ticket-sales/] ...But the Government is its best friend https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/14/uk-music-industry-turn-it-up-plan/ [https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/14/uk-music-industry-turn-it-up-plan/] Don't mess witht he platypus... https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/15/australia-ai-law [https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/15/australia-ai-law/] Stick a pitchfork in it https://news.pollstar.com/2026/07/13/pitchfork-festival-sues-co-founder-over-misappropriated-money/ [https://news.pollstar.com/2026/07/13/pitchfork-festival-sues-co-founder-over-misappropriated-money/]   Buy our  merch! https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply/shop [https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply/shop] #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC

An undersung anniversary, move fast and go broke, and what are the three E's?

Meta walks back an instance of the "Three E's"   Episode Link: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply [https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply]   Names in the pod today: Steve Savoca Lucas Ropek Alex Bellisimo Michael Hobbs LyricFind Meta Spotify Erling Haaland     Links in Comments...   LINKS 15 years Ago yesterday our lives changed https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ssavoca_for-me-bastille-day-will-always-be-synonymous-share-7482829959191871488-GrP3/? [https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ssavoca_for-me-bastille-day-will-always-be-synonymous-share-7482829959191871488-GrP3/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAAAC_y4Bj_55MYX2ryKaHuxhU84V4OgAAeM] Goal is the GOAT https://www.musicconnection.com/fifa-world-cup-2026-the-songs-the-stats-and-why-goal-is-musics-real-mvp/ [https://www.musicconnection.com/fifa-world-cup-2026-the-songs-the-stats-and-why-goal-is-musics-real-mvp/] An Egregious execution of enshittification https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/meta-removes-controversial-ai-feature-on-instagram-after-backlash/ [https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/meta-removes-controversial-ai-feature-on-instagram-after-backlash/] This probably isn't how Meta ends. But it is a big problem... https://www.linkedin.com/posts/michaelhobbs2_meta-share-7482358684187185152-MNJh/? [https://www.linkedin.com/posts/michaelhobbs2_meta-share-7482358684187185152-MNJh/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAAC_y4Bj_55MYX2ryKaHuxhU84V4OgAAeM]   Lydia's V30 https://www.youtube.com/@lydiavalentino/videos [https://www.youtube.com/@lydiavalentino/videos]  Support us directly! https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e [https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e] Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #podcast Episode: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply [https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply]

Billy and Björn say we're late, can MLS kick it? and notes from AI School.

Tune in for my first AI science project...   Names in the pod Today Major League Soccer Amazon Music Billy Mann Bjorn Ulvaeus The RIAA A2IM FIFA Suno Tim Ingham Stuart Dredge Denis Ladegaillerie Dylan Smith     LINKS Episode: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply [https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply] What were Amazon and MLS waiting for https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/13/amazon-music-mls-world-cup-ad-blitz/?mc_cid=f74a36eeff&mc_eid=e6e936dd58 [https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/13/amazon-music-mls-world-cup-ad-blitz/?mc_cid=f74a36eeff&mc_eid=e6e936dd58] Alphabet soup says let's Tag AI https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/10/ai-music-tags-riaa-a2im-impala/ [https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/10/ai-music-tags-riaa-a2im-impala/] Suno says "we're down with that" https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/suno-sued-by-major-labels-says-transparency-is-important-as-record-industry-proposes-ai-labeling-system/ [https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/suno-sued-by-major-labels-says-transparency-is-important-as-record-industry-proposes-ai-labeling-system/] Bill Mann says the industry is late again https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-heard-through-wifi-did-we-billy-mann-8ev1c/ [https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-heard-through-wifi-did-we-billy-mann-8ev1c/] Bjorn says it's a late and beside the point https://musically.com/2026/07/13/bjorn-ulvaeus-on-ai-tracing-the-output-was-always-the-wrong-question/ [https://musically.com/2026/07/13/bjorn-ulvaeus-on-ai-tracing-the-output-was-always-the-wrong-question/] Do Investors care about AI Lawsuits? https://mailchi.mp/musicbizworldwide/distrokid-deluge-4833715?e=2f6171f717 [https://mailchi.mp/musicbizworldwide/distrokid-deluge-4833715?e=2f6171f717]   AI Pricing tools https://platform.openai.com/tokenizer [https://platform.openai.com/tokenizer] https://gptforwork.com/tools/openai-chatgpt-api-pricing-calculator [https://gptforwork.com/tools/openai-chatgpt-api-pricing-calculator]   Follow us on Substack https://substack.com/@unlimitedsupply [https://substack.com/@unlimitedsupply] Support Unlimited Supply Here https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply [https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply] Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast The only daily Music Industry Podcast. Listen and Follow!!