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Content is King / Alfons Karabuda
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Composer and cultural rights advocate. Honorary President of the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance, Chair of the Polar Music Prize Award Committee, board member Freemuse and former President of the International Music Council and Skap.
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Check out my latest article: AI copyright protection vs competition www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-cop... via @LinkedIn
AI copyright protection vs competition
A new gate is being built around AI-assisted music. Today it concerns Finland’s official charts.
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September 3, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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Check out my latest article: Label AI Spam. Do Not Label the Composer. www.linkedin.com/pulse/label-... via @LinkedIn
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.
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July 10, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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Check out my latest article: Applause Today – Negotiation Tomorrow www.linkedin.com/pulse/applau... via @LinkedIn
Applause Today – Negotiation Tomorrow
Applause is wonderful. Recognition matters.
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July 6, 2026 at 12:53 PM
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Idag släpps avsnittet där jag gästar podcasten En AI till kaffet.

Vi pratar om musik, skapande, rättigheter, AI och om hur framtidens teknik kanske bäst utvecklas tillsammans med människan och inte vid sidan av henne.

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#podcast #ai #enaitillkaffet #podcast #ai #enaitillkaffet | Alfons Karabuda
Idag släpps avsnittet där jag gästar podcasten En AI till kaffet. En podd som vuxit snabbt och som jag tror uppskattas just för att den vågar samla människor från helt olika världar kring samma frågo...
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May 13, 2026 at 6:38 AM
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I’m very pleased to share that I have signed with AMG Scandinavia AB, under the label Outbreak.

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I’m very pleased to share that I have signed with AMG Scandinavia AB, under the label Outbreak. Those who know me also know how consistently I’ve argued for the importance of a healthy musical value…...
I’m very pleased to share that I have signed with AMG Scandinavia AB, under the label Outbreak. Those who know me also know how consistently I’ve argued for the importance of a healthy musical value ...
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April 24, 2026 at 11:52 AM
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Today, Freemuse releases the State of Artistic Freedom 2026 report – Courage is Contagious.
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Freemuse report: Artists worldwide face deepening crisis - Freemuse
Freemuse’s State of Artistic Freedom 2026 report, Courage is Contagious, documents what Freemuse describes as some of the most alarming conditions facing artists and cultural workers.
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April 17, 2026 at 6:59 AM
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Looking forward to contributing to the 11th National Cultural Forum in Vilnius on May 14.

This year’s theme, “Creativity: talents in focus,” invites an important shift—from celebrating outcomes to understanding the conditions that make them possible.

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Looking forward to contributing to the 11th National Cultural Forum in Vilnius on May 14. This year’s theme, “Creativity: talents in focus,” invites an important shift—from celebrating outcomes to… |...
Looking forward to contributing to the 11th National Cultural Forum in Vilnius on May 14. This year’s theme, “Creativity: talents in focus,” invites an important shift—from celebrating outcomes to un...
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April 2, 2026 at 10:14 AM
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I am honored to be joining the first-ever @Arts Dynamics Impact Summit on March 19th.

📍 Join me at @Elements Stockholm - luma.com/2wki78lh
#ArtsDynamics #CulturalRights #CreativeEconomy #ArtsDynamicsImpactSummit2026
March 9, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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Check out my latest article: How to Steal a Whale www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-st... via @LinkedIn
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 a concern and curiosity I see more and more among colleagues.
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February 20, 2026 at 9:41 AM
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Check out my latest article: The future of music should not be built on forgetting who created it www.linkedin.com/pulse/future...
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 major challenge for the creative eco...
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February 14, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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Check out my latest article: When Tradition Becomes a Liability linkedin.com/pulse/when-t... via
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When Tradition Becomes a Liability
The UK as a warning sign? For decades, the UK music industry was a global benchmark. Songwriting craft.
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February 7, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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If You Don’t Speak the New Gatekeepers’ Language, How Will Anyone Hear You? www.alfonskarabuda.com/2025/12/03/i...
If You Don’t Speak the New Gatekeepers’ Language, How Will You Ever Be Heard? - Alfons Karabuda
AI assistants are quietly becoming the new gatekeepers of music discovery. Yet for most of us, creators, it’s as if we simply don’t exist. If AI doesn’t know who we are, it cannot recommend us, cannot...
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December 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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The Inevitable Arrival and the Rewrite of the Architecture of Creative Ownership www.linkedin.com/pulse/inevit...
The Inevitable Arrival
When Autonomous Agents Rewrite the Architecture of Creative Ownership Thank you for the thoughtful engagement on my previous post on FB. It’s evident that many within the creative and publishing commu...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Today is International Music Day! I cannot think of a better way to honor this day — and the importance of music in our lives — than by highlighting the winner of the Music Rights Award 2025:
Gaza Sings: Voices of Steadfastness and Hope from Palestine. imc-cim.org/imc-honours-...
October 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Great to see collective rights organizations, like Stim, starting to engage with AI. The headlines are exciting, but what really matters is how these licenses can work in practice:
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What Matters More Than a Headline? - Alfons Karabuda
When STIM announced what they described as the world’s first AI license, it wasn’t surprising that the claim generated a lot of questions. It certainly raised eyebrows. To be fair, it may indeed be th...
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September 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Thrilled to see the Nordic Day programme for Nordic Tech Week published. On Sept 19 = wrap up week in Kungsträdgården, Stockholm, with full day dedicated to what makes the Nordics unique and how we can build the future together. Full programme: lnkd.in/dAnJ8m-4
September 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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New release! And this one is a true first:
A heartfelt, bittersweet song written and composed entirely in Turkish.
Full of heart and pain—just the way it should be.

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September 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Songwriters suing themselves?
That’s the paradox in Rowntree v PRS, a case about £200M in “Black Box” royalties.
As a creator + witness, I reflect on what the Tribunal’s dismissal reveals—and why the future lies in tech, not endless litigation.
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Ever Felt Like Suing Yourself? - Alfons Karabuda
I didn’t think so either. Yet that is precisely what the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal suggested when it dismissed the landmark case Rowntree v PRS, concerning up to £200 million in so-called Black B...
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August 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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How to (Re)Claim Creative Rights www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-re...
How to (Re)Claim Creative Rights
A bump on the road toward long-established goals? Or the systematic theft of creative value? The answer depends on how we analyze the situation—and our success in countering the challenges with the ri...
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August 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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The Missing Link Between Capability and Advocacy linkedin.com/pulse/missin...
The Missing Link Between Capability and Advocacy
Recent policy setbacks in the United States and the United Kingdom are exposing a critical gap in how the creative industries advocate for artificial intelligence (AI) regulation. While technology com...
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July 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Just published:
“Spooky Action in Business” — a reflection on how emerging ecosystems are challenging linear value models, especially in the creative industries.
From near-instant royalties to real-time copyright visibility, there is a better way forward.

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Spooky Action at a Distance
Albert Einstein famously used the phrase “spooky action at a distance” to describe quantum entanglement—a phenomenon where interconnected particles influence each other instantaneously, regardless of ...
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July 20, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Check out my latest article: When Silos Burst and Bridges Are Built – The Fair Music Project and UNESCO’s Vision for Responsible AI linkedin.com/pulse/when-s... via
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When Silos Burst and Bridges Are Built – The Fair Music Project and UNESCO’s Vision for Responsible AI
Isn’t it great when silos finally burst — not into chaos, but into bridges? As someone who’s spent a career navigating both the creative world and the emerging tech landscape, I’ve become a strong adv...
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July 13, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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The Music World News—brought to you by the International Music Council—is your bi-weekly passport to what’s really happening in music across the globe. From groundbreaking artists and AI breakthroughs to policy shifts and powerful education stories, it´s all here.
Music World News #13/2025 - 2 JULY 2025
From 11 – 12 June 2025, over 100 music sector stakeholders came together in Brussels for the 13th edition of the European Forum on Music with the theme “Celebrating Musical Diversity”.
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July 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Denmark’s EU presidency puts AI & copyright in the spotlight—and it's exactly the momentum we’ve been preparing for in the Fair Music Project.
Here’s my perspective on what’s unfolding and why it’s a defining moment.
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When Friends Lead, Everyone Grows | Alfons Karabuda
When Friends Lead, Everyone Grows In any group of friends, there's always someone who shines in a particular area—and inspires the rest to level up. That’s the beauty of good collaboration. Over ...
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July 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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