{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Co-Write Room: AI, Music, and the Future of Everything Creative","title":"The Co-Write Room: Taylor Swift, AI and Trademark Law","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":344,"description":"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.\nIn 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.\nIn this episode:Swift's voice trademark applications — what they cover, what they signal, and why almost no one else has the infrastructure to attempt thisThe 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 that75,000 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 releaseUlvaeus at IMS Ibiza: transparency, opt-out rights, fair payment, and a seat at the table before deals are signedThe streaming-era \"breakage\" parallel — and why the same conditions are forming right now in AI licensingThe 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.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/2e1aXrIs_UQ-ZqdngjxutRu3tw6-V_JumEmWPYxqKVw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kMGVm/ZDcxZTBiZGUxOGJj/ODgwNmY4MWU4NGRj/NzM1ZS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}