Getting Taken Down is Cool & SOCAN vs. AI

Upsample with Carson Tworow & Will Chernoff · Feb 27, 2026 · 59m

let's talk about fully automated slopitalism and the threats to performance rights organizations & songwriters

No episode 2 weeks from now (Mar. 13), we return later in March.

(0:00) Music MCP (which got taken down)

(8:40) SOCAN's AI policies & advocacy

(36:23) "Pre-deplatformed" cool content

(50:27) Dave King of The Bad Plus' rant

(54:54) Recommendations

Darren Hemmings linking to Music MCP at Network Notes

SOCAN "Stop Unlicensed AI Training" petition

Ryan Broderick's story at Garbage Day: "The only taboo left is copyright infringement: the future of media is pre-deplatformed"

Nate Chinen's…