Source: The Next Web
Australia's recording industry has created a regulatory firewall around human-created music by excluding AI-generated tracks from chart eligibility and broadcast playlists—a direct response to algorithmic replacement in a market worth billions. The industry is redrawing the commercial boundaries of what counts as "music" to protect performer livelihoods and catalog values, setting a precedent other anglophone markets will likely follow. The decision exposes a fracture: streaming platforms and tech companies want frictionless AI access, but unions, labels, and rightsholders are collectively enforcing scarcity as a business defense.