Essays by Abhishek Krishna on IP economics, AI licensing, post-AGI creativity, human data rights, music as system, and the operator's craft.https://abhishekkrishna.com/en-ushttps://abhishekkrishna.com/writings/licensing-is-the-missing-market/https://abhishekkrishna.com/writings/licensing-is-the-missing-market/AI didn't break copyright. It revealed that the real-time, machine-readable licensing market never existed.Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkrishna.com/writings/data-is-property-not-privacy/https://abhishekkrishna.com/writings/data-is-property-not-privacy/Privacy law is the wrong layer. Personal data needs the legal grammar of property: ownership, transfer, consent, royalty.Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkrishna.com/writings/taste-is-the-only-moat/https://abhishekkrishna.com/writings/taste-is-the-only-moat/When generation is free, the scarce inputs are taste, provenance, and intent.Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkrishna.com/writings/music-is-software/https://abhishekkrishna.com/writings/music-is-software/Composition is design under the deepest constraint a builder can take on: time you can't pause.Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkrishna.com/writings/the-operator-frame/https://abhishekkrishna.com/writings/the-operator-frame/Fifteen years of building between India, Japan, the Gulf, and the US. The only artifact that ages well is the P&L.Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT