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Sony Music tells 700+ AI companies to respect its copyrights

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Sony Music • 3 min read

Sony Music tells 700+ AI companies to respect its copyrights

More than 700 AI companies have been sent a letter by Sony Music which demands that they respect the major music company’s rights and seek permission before using any of its recordings or songs to train their AI models. It’s basically a wide-ranging ‘reservation’ of rights…

Chris Cooke • 17 May 2024

FKA Twigs and Warner boss tell Senators about the urgent need for a US-wide law to regulate deepfakes

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FKA Twigs and Warner boss tell Senators about the urgent need for a US-wide law to regulate deepfakes

Proposals to introduce a new US-wide law to allow people to stop the unofficial use of AI to replicate their voice and likeness were discussed in Congress yesterday, with FKA Twigs and Warner Music boss Robert Kyncl among those providing their perspectives…

Chris Cooke • 01 May 2024

MPs call on UK government to create “a pro-creative industries AI bill”

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MPs call on UK government to create “a pro-creative industries AI bill”

The All-Party Parliamentary Group On Music has published a report on music and AI making a number of recommendations to government. That includes a “a pro-creative industries AI bill” the clarifies the copyright obligations of AI companies and introduces a new personality right for artists…

Chris Cooke • 01 May 2024

Amazon AI employee claims she was told to breach copyright rules because “everyone else is doing it”

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Amazon • 2 min read

Amazon AI employee claims she was told to breach copyright rules because “everyone else is doing it”

An AI researcher who worked for Amazon is suing the company over allegations of harassment and unlawful dismissal - and in her lawsuit she claims that she was told it was fine to breach copyright rules when developing AI models in order to keep up with competitors…

Chris Cooke • 23 Apr 2024

SAG-AFTRA says “clear and conspicuous consent” required for vocal clones as part of “groundbreaking” new agreement with labels

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SAG-AFTRA says “clear and conspicuous consent” required for vocal clones as part of “groundbreaking” new agreement with labels

The major labels have made a number of commitments around AI to artist and musician members of US performer union SAG-AFTRA via a new code of fair practice. They are, says artist manager, Irving Azoff, “a great first step to make sure artists have creative control and get paid”…

Chris Cooke • 15 Apr 2024

Transparency obligation for AI companies proposed in US Congress

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Transparency obligation for AI companies proposed in US Congress

Organisations from across the music industry have welcomed proposals introduced into US Congress that would force AI companies to declare what content they have used as part of the training of any one generative AI model. The proposals have been made by Democrat Adam Schiff…

Chris Cooke • 10 Apr 2024

Have a playlist idea but don’t know what songs to put on it? Spotify’s AI bot can help with that

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Have a playlist idea but don’t know what songs to put on it? Spotify’s AI bot can help with that

Many people out there don’t like the idea of music discovery being handled by an algorithm. If you’re among them, Spotity has come up with a solution - hand the task over to artificial intelligence. Yes, that’s basically the same thing, but what you’re forgetting is that AI is cooler…

Andy Malt • 08 Apr 2024

ICMP launches rights reservations portal setting out the legal and moral obligations of AI companies

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ICMP • 2 min read

ICMP launches rights reservations portal setting out the legal and moral obligations of AI companies

A new portal has been launched by the music publishing sector collating ‘rights reservations’ from music publishers which clearly state that those companies’ rights have been reserved from any data and text mining exceptions in copyright law, in particular the exception in European law…

Chris Cooke • 04 Apr 2024

200+ artists sign letter urging tech companies to stop using AI to "devalue the rights of human artists"

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200+ artists sign letter urging tech companies to stop using AI to "devalue the rights of human artists"

The Artist Rights Alliance in the US has organised an open letter signed by more than 200 artists calling on tech companies to pledge that they will only use generative AI responsibly, and that they will not infringe upon or devalue the rights of music creators…

Chris Cooke • 03 Apr 2024

George Carlin's daughter calls for "appropriate safeguards" after settling lawsuit over AI-generated fake comedy special

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George Carlin's daughter calls for "appropriate safeguards" after settling lawsuit over AI-generated fake comedy special

A lawsuit filed by the estate of George Carlin over an AI-generated fake comedy special has been settled. Commenting on the legal battle, Carlin’s daughter said the case should “serve as a warning” and that “appropriate safeguards” are needed to allow people to protect their likeness and voice…

Chris Cooke • 03 Apr 2024

Tennessee passes ELVIS Act to help musicians stop unauthorised voice clones

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Tennessee passes ELVIS Act to help musicians stop unauthorised voice clones

The US state of Tennessee has extended its publicity right law to give people more protection over the unauthorised use of their voice or likeness, especially in the context of AI-generated deep fakes or voice clones. The changes come via the passing of the ELVIS Act.…

Chris Cooke • 22 Mar 2024

And Finally! Not even robots like James Blunt

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And Finally • 7 min read

And Finally! Not even robots like James Blunt

James Blunt asked AI to write lyrics in his style and it “totally humiliated” him. Turns out, AI doesn’t think James Blunt is very good at writing lyrics. Check out this and a round up of this week’s other funniest music news stories here…

Andy Malt • 22 Mar 2024