New pop music could still be made by record labels with a massive portfolio of existing music. Basically the same way software patents work: you don’t have to

New pop music could still be made by record labels with a massive portfolio of existing music. Basically the same way software patents work: you don’t have to worry about suing yourself, and MAD ensures you won’t get sued by any of the other big players. The next logical step is the rise of the nothing-to-lose patent/copyright troll. Get rights to some obscure piece, then start extracting payments