ProofProfile
Nobody asked musicians for an alibi before. Now everyone does.
You don't need to understand blockchain for this one. You just need to understand what it's like being accused of something you didn't do.
Music
AI
Frozen snapshots, permanent anchors. Why AI bots already trust what ProofProfile verifies first
AI models remember the world in frozen snapshots, and AI bots are already reading ProofProfile's timestamped records to answer real questions. In an industry with no way to rewrite the past, being verified first isn't a marketing edge. It's permanent.
Thor's corner
The AI distillation scandal. A personal reckoning...
After more than 25 years on the technical side of the music industry, I understand exactly what is happening with AI and creator rights, and I can see the infrastructure that solves it.
PlaceProfile
Why music is making AI assistants better at answering questions
For a long time, music in public spaces was treated as background. It helped shape the mood, but it was rarely seen as useful data. That assumption no longer holds.
Invest
Copyright as an asset class. What the Isle of Man legislation means for institutional investors
This isn’t a story about technology. It’s about legal infrastructure, verifiable cash flows, and an investment category that generates over $45 billion in annual music revenues...
CopyrightChains
The world's creators are owed billions. The infrastructure to pay them does not exist.
The 2026 Global Private Copying Study was published this week. It covers 196 countries, spans five continents, and represents the most comprehensive analysis of private copying remuneration ever assembled by BIEM, CISAC, IFRRO, and Stichting de Thuiskopie.
Provenance
Your copyright should follow your music everywhere it goes. Now it can…
The combination of unalterable copyright registration and machine-native payment infrastructure means your copyright can now follow your content wherever it goes, automatically pay you every time it is used, and settle in your account within seconds rather than months.
Music
China showed us where streaming is going. This week confirmed the infrastructure isn't ready for it
China proved that music subscribers will pay five times more for the right offer. This week proved that the infrastructure distributing those royalties still operates like it's 1890. "Ground control to Major Tom!"