Casini
@casini.bsky.social
Music publishing professional, rights and royalties attorney, Professor, consigliere. "Another lawyer," according to the Wall Street Journal.
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· Jul 22
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Artificial streaming fraud is theft, and it demands immediate, coordinated action.
Support this call for clarity and accountability and join us in protecting the integrity of digital music.
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Support this call for clarity and accountability and join us in protecting the integrity of digital music.
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I will not talk you out of greatness — sorry I’m not sorry.
September 28, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I will not talk you out of greatness — sorry I’m not sorry.
If you advise brands, stop letting them peddle products with others' IP. Be the good partner, I promise you rightsholders are open to making licensing fast, easy, and in many cases less expensive than you think.
The cost of doing it right is always less than the cost of getting caught.
The cost of doing it right is always less than the cost of getting caught.
August 12, 2025 at 4:24 AM
If you advise brands, stop letting them peddle products with others' IP. Be the good partner, I promise you rightsholders are open to making licensing fast, easy, and in many cases less expensive than you think.
The cost of doing it right is always less than the cost of getting caught.
The cost of doing it right is always less than the cost of getting caught.
It’s holding the line and setting boundaries in a market where the lines btwn personal and commercial use are being blurred on purpose as an end-run around protections the EULA affords. If you rep writers & artists, now is the time to educate, and act.
August 12, 2025 at 4:24 AM
It’s holding the line and setting boundaries in a market where the lines btwn personal and commercial use are being blurred on purpose as an end-run around protections the EULA affords. If you rep writers & artists, now is the time to educate, and act.
Courts have upheld this for decades, and no amount of fast-fashion, "creator economy" influencer culture is going to rewrite that.
For rightsholders and their advisors, this is the moment to get loud. Enforcement matters, and not just for revenues.
For rightsholders and their advisors, this is the moment to get loud. Enforcement matters, and not just for revenues.
August 12, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Courts have upheld this for decades, and no amount of fast-fashion, "creator economy" influencer culture is going to rewrite that.
For rightsholders and their advisors, this is the moment to get loud. Enforcement matters, and not just for revenues.
For rightsholders and their advisors, this is the moment to get loud. Enforcement matters, and not just for revenues.
The idea that “everyone does it” or “the music was on TikTok” is the same logic the legal dept decries and marketing and sales hope matters, but it's getting companies blindsided by seven-figure claims. This isn't nuanced: using music to sell something? Get a license. Period.
August 12, 2025 at 4:24 AM
The idea that “everyone does it” or “the music was on TikTok” is the same logic the legal dept decries and marketing and sales hope matters, but it's getting companies blindsided by seven-figure claims. This isn't nuanced: using music to sell something? Get a license. Period.
The latest lawsuit (Sony) v. DSW isn't just another case. It’s a promise kept and should be an alarm for every brand / agency clinging to the myth that platform licenses magically cover comm'l use. They don’t. Never have. Hoping otherwise is a liability. t.co/vELzcCDTRz
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/sony-sues-dsw-over-social-media-ads-following-through-on-threat
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August 12, 2025 at 4:24 AM
The latest lawsuit (Sony) v. DSW isn't just another case. It’s a promise kept and should be an alarm for every brand / agency clinging to the myth that platform licenses magically cover comm'l use. They don’t. Never have. Hoping otherwise is a liability. t.co/vELzcCDTRz
A warning shot to AI developers that the era of unregulated data mining may be ending? Sure, but it may be placing an undue burden on individuals and rightsholders.
My analysis: lnkd.in/ebG2QRjT
My analysis: lnkd.in/ebG2QRjT
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July 31, 2025 at 3:17 AM
A warning shot to AI developers that the era of unregulated data mining may be ending? Sure, but it may be placing an undue burden on individuals and rightsholders.
My analysis: lnkd.in/ebG2QRjT
My analysis: lnkd.in/ebG2QRjT
No registration required. No fair use defense. Just a clear path to court. It’s a bold, bipartisan signal that Congress is no longer content to let the courts sort it out piecemeal.
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July 31, 2025 at 3:17 AM
No registration required. No fair use defense. Just a clear path to court. It’s a bold, bipartisan signal that Congress is no longer content to let the courts sort it out piecemeal.
The bill creates a new federal tort for artists and consumers whose data or works have been scraped, trained on, or mimicked by generative AI systems. It bypasses the limitations of copyright law, sidesteps the DMCA, and removes Section 230 immunity for AI-generated content.
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July 31, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The bill creates a new federal tort for artists and consumers whose data or works have been scraped, trained on, or mimicked by generative AI systems. It bypasses the limitations of copyright law, sidesteps the DMCA, and removes Section 230 immunity for AI-generated content.
The Blumenthal-Hawley AI Accountability and Data Protection Act doesn’t nibble around the edges. It literally calls AI training without consent “the largest intellectual property theft in American history.”
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July 31, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The Blumenthal-Hawley AI Accountability and Data Protection Act doesn’t nibble around the edges. It literally calls AI training without consent “the largest intellectual property theft in American history.”
Artificial streaming fraud is theft, and it demands immediate, coordinated action.
Support this call for clarity and accountability and join us in protecting the integrity of digital music.
t.co/Nw6RSHoxHj
Support this call for clarity and accountability and join us in protecting the integrity of digital music.
t.co/Nw6RSHoxHj
http://musicfightsfraud.com
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July 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Artificial streaming fraud is theft, and it demands immediate, coordinated action.
Support this call for clarity and accountability and join us in protecting the integrity of digital music.
t.co/Nw6RSHoxHj
Support this call for clarity and accountability and join us in protecting the integrity of digital music.
t.co/Nw6RSHoxHj
Of course the case in NC cost rightsholders $10M. These aren’t edge cases, they’re evidence of a growing pattern of digital fraud that violates platform terms, breaches licensing agreements, and in many cases constitutes wire fraud, civil and criminal conspiracy, and criminal copyright infringement.
July 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Of course the case in NC cost rightsholders $10M. These aren’t edge cases, they’re evidence of a growing pattern of digital fraud that violates platform terms, breaches licensing agreements, and in many cases constitutes wire fraud, civil and criminal conspiracy, and criminal copyright infringement.
In Sweden, criminal gangs have reportedly used Spotify to launder money and recruit members by purchasing fake streams for affiliated artists, converting illicit cash into royalties and visibility. Authorities called Spotify “an ATM” for these groups.
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https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2023/09/criminal-gangs-use-fake-spotify-streams-to-launder-money-says-swedish-newspaper-investigation.html
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July 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
In Sweden, criminal gangs have reportedly used Spotify to launder money and recruit members by purchasing fake streams for affiliated artists, converting illicit cash into royalties and visibility. Authorities called Spotify “an ATM” for these groups.
t.co/P1Fh7r6Cvm
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March of last year, in Denmark, a man was sentenced to 18 months in prison for using bots to generate $300,000 in fraudulent royalties, including copyright violations. t.co/scOLePcqEI
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/21/danish-man-found-guilty-of-fraudulently-profiting-from-music-streaming-royalties
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July 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
March of last year, in Denmark, a man was sentenced to 18 months in prison for using bots to generate $300,000 in fraudulent royalties, including copyright violations. t.co/scOLePcqEI
Recent cases make this clear:
In Brazil, authorities uncovered a scheme involving 28 million fake streams, fake artist profiles, and AI-generated music, resulting in arrests and asset seizures exceeding $400,000. t.co/yZqQQs4AX5
In Brazil, authorities uncovered a scheme involving 28 million fake streams, fake artist profiles, and AI-generated music, resulting in arrests and asset seizures exceeding $400,000. t.co/yZqQQs4AX5
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/brazilian-authorities-make-arrest-in-uploading-of-400-fake-tracks-to-spotify-that-were-streamed-28m-times/
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July 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Recent cases make this clear:
In Brazil, authorities uncovered a scheme involving 28 million fake streams, fake artist profiles, and AI-generated music, resulting in arrests and asset seizures exceeding $400,000. t.co/yZqQQs4AX5
In Brazil, authorities uncovered a scheme involving 28 million fake streams, fake artist profiles, and AI-generated music, resulting in arrests and asset seizures exceeding $400,000. t.co/yZqQQs4AX5
AI is a real concern. Cases like the Anthropic class action may reshape the legal landscape and change behavior, but AI's direct negative impact is still somewhat abstracted.
Artificial streaming is happening now, and it’s prodigious, organized, criminal, and global.
Artificial streaming is happening now, and it’s prodigious, organized, criminal, and global.
July 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
AI is a real concern. Cases like the Anthropic class action may reshape the legal landscape and change behavior, but AI's direct negative impact is still somewhat abstracted.
Artificial streaming is happening now, and it’s prodigious, organized, criminal, and global.
Artificial streaming is happening now, and it’s prodigious, organized, criminal, and global.
As Counsel to the Music Fights Fraud Alliance, I give full-throated support to the defense of the integrity of music streaming, and fandom. Michael Lewan's recent Billboard column rightly identifies artificial streaming as the most immediate threat to the music industry. t.co/nK4ab44BFD
https://www.billboard.com/pro/artificial-streaming-intelligence-threat-music-guest-column/
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July 22, 2025 at 2:07 AM
As Counsel to the Music Fights Fraud Alliance, I give full-throated support to the defense of the integrity of music streaming, and fandom. Michael Lewan's recent Billboard column rightly identifies artificial streaming as the most immediate threat to the music industry. t.co/nK4ab44BFD
Really fun and frankly proud news to share: on the heels of my dear friend Maggie Rose signing on, I've officially joined the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame Board of Artist/Industry Advisors.
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May 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Really fun and frankly proud news to share: on the heels of my dear friend Maggie Rose signing on, I've officially joined the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame Board of Artist/Industry Advisors.
The crucial question appears to be whether the work is basically one of human authorship, with the computer merely being an assisting instrument, or whether the traditional elements of authorship in the work...were actually conceived and executed not by man but by a machine."
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May 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The crucial question appears to be whether the work is basically one of human authorship, with the computer merely being an assisting instrument, or whether the traditional elements of authorship in the work...were actually conceived and executed not by man but by a machine."
...This year, copyright was claimed for an abstract drawing, and for compilations of various kinds, which were at least partly the "work" of computers. It is certain that both the number of works proximately produced or "written" by computers...
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May 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
...This year, copyright was claimed for an abstract drawing, and for compilations of various kinds, which were at least partly the "work" of computers. It is certain that both the number of works proximately produced or "written" by computers...
"As computer technology develops and becomes more sophisticated, difficult questions of authorship are emerging. The Copyright Office had previously received an application for registration of a musical composition created by computer...
May 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"As computer technology develops and becomes more sophisticated, difficult questions of authorship are emerging. The Copyright Office had previously received an application for registration of a musical composition created by computer...
As the end of my semester meets the announcement of the new Pope, the story of Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel seems very relevant.
Censoring the Sistine Chapel
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Censoring the Sistine Chapel
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@KCEsq: As the end of my semester meets the announcement of the new Pope the story of Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel, it’s very relevant. In his effort to beautify Rome, prolific art patron Pope ...
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May 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
As the end of my semester meets the announcement of the new Pope, the story of Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel seems very relevant.
Censoring the Sistine Chapel
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Censoring the Sistine Chapel
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You can watch it in its entirety on Paramount +
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As We Speak: Rap on Trial - Watch Full Movie on Paramount Plus
AS WE SPEAK is a documentary about rap music on trial, in which a rapper, Kemba, explores the troubling weaponization of music against artists in the United
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May 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
You can watch it in its entirety on Paramount +
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Extremely happy for friend client and colleague Prof. Erik Nielson, University of Richmond, for his Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary Emmy nomination as Producer on "As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial"
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2025 News & Documentary Emmy Awards Nominations Revealed
The winners will be announced in two ceremonies on June 25 and June 26.
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May 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Extremely happy for friend client and colleague Prof. Erik Nielson, University of Richmond, for his Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary Emmy nomination as Producer on "As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial"
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/2...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/2...