From BBC Tech Decoded: THE DOWNLOAD Is AI an 'unstoppable force' in music? Songs by "synthetic" band the Velvet Sundown have been streamed millions of times. Credit: Velvet Sundown

CD Baby has published a music marketing guide , if you’re interested. Find it at https://diymusician.cdbaby.com/music-marketing/music-marketing-in-2026/?utm_source=email_EN&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EN_

From MBW: Time will tell whether Deezer does something about this flood of AI slop.

From MBW: Apparently some courts don’t buy the notion that AI companies need to steal content and not license that content because then the AI company wouldn’t be economically feasible.

The folks at Mirlo, a music selling website like BandCamp, put out this press release: Good news everyone! NLNet is awarding Mirlo €40,000 to help us fund our work on decentralization. We