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

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Podcast: [The ITSPmagazine Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-itspmagazine-podcast-938250)
Published: 2026-07-11T16:21:48+00:00
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## Resource

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.

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