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The Flood Made Everything Free. So Now We Pay for Proof. | Lens Four by Sean Martin | Read by TAPE9

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The ITSPmagazine Podcast

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Jul 11, 2026

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949

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Summary

On July 15, Tidal stops paying royalties on fully AI-generated music, and the same move is spreading through publishing, film, science, software, and hiring at the same time. When generating anything costs nothing, the proof that a human made it becomes the product, and the only question left is who collects the fee.