Provenance
This will be one of the last newsletters in the old format. Not because the work is slowing down, but because how people find and trust information has changed. For a long time, a newsletter was part of how you ensured an update reached the right people.
Thor's corner
The NO FAKES Act does not merely target fake celebrity songs. It signals a structural transformation in how law treats digital personhood, and the infrastructure to enforce it has not yet been built.
Thor's corner
I had to write this one too. The internet is brimming with whining over the US cutting off access to an AI model. Grab a tiger by the tail, expect the teeth. You do not get to run the most powerful AI on earth and act betrayed when the leash twitches. That was always the deal...
Thor's corner
I have been waiting to write this for a long time. Not because I lacked the words. Because I lacked the moment. You can't tell an industry, "you're solving the wrong problem," while it's still in love with the wrong problem.
Thor's corner
The solution to the AI data crisis is not something you can build in response to the crisis. That window closed in 2024, when the ratio of authentic to synthetic web content crossed a threshold. What we need is an anchor to the pre-AI era. That anchor is binary (it exists or does not exist)...
Provenance
The next wave is not louder technology, but quieter systems that disappear into ordinary life, make people more capable, and give machines better evidence to trust.
Hospitality
Over a million visits in a single day. The data is live, public, and proving Google's point. Something significant has happened in how people discover restaurants, bars, and hospitality venues, and most operators have not yet noticed.
CopyrightChains
Udio's licensed AI music app confirms the market. It also confirms the gap. The solution exists. The industry has just not asked for it yet.
PlaceProfile
Registration identifier is embedded directly in your published profile. Any AI assistant reading your data also reads a verifiable proof of its provenance. Your description carries the weight that a star-average built on synthetic content cannot...
CopyrightChains
The 2026 Global Private Copying Study was published this week. It covers 196 countries, spans five continents, and represents the most comprehensive analysis of private copying remuneration ever assembled by BIEM, CISAC, IFRRO, and Stichting de Thuiskopie.
CopyrightChains
A million followers. Real money. Zero proof she existed. Jessica Foster was entirely AI-generated, and the internet had no way to stop her. Not because the fake was perfect. Because provenance isn't built in. That's the problem CopyrightID solves
Provenance
The combination of unalterable copyright registration and machine-native payment infrastructure means your copyright can now follow your content wherever it goes, automatically pay you every time it is used, and settle in your account within seconds rather than months.
