Index Authorship AUTH-001: The NO FAKES Act and the Voice Cloning Question What Artists Actually Need to Know The NO FAKES Act, which would establish a federal right to control AI-generated replicas of a person's voice and likeness, was reintroduced in Congress but has not passed as of April 2026. Tennessee, California, and other states have passed state-level protections. The
The Signal SIG-003: Spotify Bundles How a Reclassification Worth Hundreds of Millions in Unpaid Royalties Is Still Being Fought In March 2024, Spotify reclassified its Premium subscription tiers as bundles by adding audiobook access to music subscriptions. The reclassification reduced mechanical royalty payments to songwriters by an estimated 48 percent of the relevant revenue base.
The Signal SIG-002: Live Nation Settles What the DOJ Deal Actually Changed and What It Left Intact The Department of Justice filed the most significant antitrust lawsuit against the live entertainment industry in May 2024. In March 2026, one week into the trial, Live Nation and the DOJ reached a settlement. Here is what changed, what
The Signal SIG-001: The AI Deal Nobody Read How the Major Labels Structured AI Licensing to Repeat the Streaming Mistake Warner settled with Suno and Udio in November 2025. Universal settled with Udio in October 2025. The deals were announced as historic milestones. The terms were not disclosed. Here is what the public record suggests about what those
The Frequency FRQ-001 The Luxury Reset The Luxury Reset: When Price Without Quality Collapses and What It Means for African and Emerging Designers The State of Fashion 2026 report from McKinsey and Business of Fashion confirmed what the market had been signalling for two years: luxury's growth was built on price increases rather than
