Show Notes
AI music’s legal landscape is getting more complicated. We break down three questions at the center of the debate: whether AI can learn from copyrighted work, how companies obtain training data, and whether AI-generated outputs compete with original music.
Then, Vydia co-president Jenna Gaudio and NVIDIA’s Shari Reich share bold predictions about context-aware listening and how AI could unlock the value of existing music catalogs.
Trapital Summit 2026 is happening on Tuesday, September 15 in Los Angeles. Get your tickets here: https://www.trapital.com/summit/2026
CHAPTERS
02:52 Three Copyright Questions
08:12 Why AI Firms Still License
10:54 Trapital Summit
13:24 Jenna Gaudio’s Prediction
18:45 Context-Aware Listening
21:57 Rights and Infrastructure
23:44 Shari Reich’s Prediction
25:27 Unlocking Music Catalogs
27:12 AI as a Tool
30:49 Catalog Is the New Content
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