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Music fans believe AI companies training models with existing recordings must get consent, says IFPI study

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Music fans believe AI companies training models with existing recordings must get consent, says IFPI study

The majority of music fans believe that tech companies training generative AI models with existing recordings must get permission from the music industry - according to a new survey of 43,000 music consumers by IFPI…

Chris Cooke • 27 Nov 2023

Setlist Podcast: Spotify insists royalty changes will help emerging artists

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Spotify • 4 min read

Setlist Podcast: Spotify insists royalty changes will help emerging artists

On this week's episode, Spotify's confirmation of plans to update how it pays out (or doesn't pay out) royalties, the decision to bounce the MSG Sphere venue out of London, and more…

Andy Malt & Chris Cooke • 24 Nov 2023

OpenAI sued again over claims of copyright infringement, with financial backer Microsoft named as a co-defendant

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OpenAI sued again over claims of copyright infringement, with financial backer Microsoft named as a co-defendant

Another writer has sued OpenAI over claims of copyright infringement - this time Microsoft is also named as a defendant…

Chris Cooke • 22 Nov 2023

Council Of Music Makers criticises lack of music-maker representation at government roundtable on AI and the creative industries

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Council Of Music Makers • 4 min read

Council Of Music Makers criticises lack of music-maker representation at government roundtable on AI and the creative industries

The Council Of Music Makers has expressed concern about a government roundtable on the impact of AI on the creative industries taking place today which involves all three major record companies but no music-makers…

Chris Cooke • 20 Nov 2023

Music publishers want preliminary injunction in legal battle with AI company Anthropic

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Anthropic • 2 min read

Music publishers want preliminary injunction in legal battle with AI company Anthropic

The music publishers that sued Anthropic last month want a preliminary injunction stopping the AI company for generating outputs that include their lyrics…

Chris Cooke • 20 Nov 2023

CMU Digest: YouTube’s voice-cloning announcements, Stability AI audio chief resigns over the company’s fair use position + more

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CMU Digest • 5 min read

CMU Digest: YouTube’s voice-cloning announcements, Stability AI audio chief resigns over the company’s fair use position + more

In this week's digest: YouTube launches a new voice cloning tool; Stability AI’s audio chief resigns over its insistence that training AI is ‘fair use’; Spotify’s new anti-fraud fines are criticised + more…

Chris Cooke • 18 Nov 2023

Stability AI's VP Of Audio resigns over its position that training AI with copyright works is 'fair use'

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Stability AI's VP Of Audio resigns over its position that training AI with copyright works is 'fair use'

The VP Of Audio at Stability AI, Ed Newton-Rex, has resigned in protest at the company’s position that training generative AI models with existing content is fair use under US copyright law - meaning it does not need to get the permission of copyright owners…

Chris Cooke • 16 Nov 2023

YouTube begins piloting voice cloning tool to provide AI-generated vocals for creator videos

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YouTube begins piloting voice cloning tool to provide AI-generated vocals for creator videos

YouTube is today starting to pilot a new tool called Dream Track which will allow its creators to generate music clips for their videos that include AI-generated vocals that imitate specific artists…

Chris Cooke • 16 Nov 2023

YouTube to allow labels to remove AI-generated voice clones

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YouTube to allow labels to remove AI-generated voice clones

YouTube has confirmed it will start allowing labels and distributors to remove unofficial tracks that have used AI-tools to mimic the voices of specific artists…

Chris Cooke • 15 Nov 2023

Sarah Silverman lawsuit testing copyright obligations of Meta's LLaMA AI platform back in court

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Sarah Silverman lawsuit testing copyright obligations of Meta's LLaMA AI platform back in court

A US judge gave some consideration this week to one of the legal cases that is testing the copyright obligations of AI companies - the lawsuit filed against Meta by three writers including comedian Sarah Silverman…

Chris Cooke • 10 Nov 2023

Setlist Podcast: Tech companies say fair use trumps copyright in AI

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Setlist Podcast: Tech companies say fair use trumps copyright in AI

Big tech companies' insistence that training AI on existing content constitutes fair use under US copyright law, and the Grammy Awards' insistence that Christians do not swear…

Andy Malt & Chris Cooke • 03 Nov 2023

Tech companies insist training AI models with existing content is fair use in Copyright Office submissions

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Tech companies insist training AI models with existing content is fair use in Copyright Office submissions

Submissions to the US Copyright Office’s AI review have been published, with tech companies unsurprisingly insisting that training generative AI models with existing content is fair use and therefore can be done without the permission of copyright owners…

Chris Cooke • 02 Nov 2023