The man who fought napster is now fighting AI

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I was in college when Napster hit, and the RIAA instantly became the big villain because it was suing kids for downloading music. That was when I decided to go be a copyright lawyer, which set the rest of my career in motion — and Mitch Glazier was in the background as a young lawyer at the RIAA, on the other side of those cases. So part of me was very deeply, very genuinely surprised to discover just how much fun I had talking to Mitch, who's now on the same side as musicians and audiences in the fight against AI. Read the full interview transcript on The Verge. Links: Major labels propose rules to keep AI slop off charts | The Verge Suno snatched songs from YouTube, Genius, and Deezer | Th…