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Spotify aiming to get AI remix product live in early 2027, even though it remains unclear if artists and fans are all that interested in it public
Spotify • 5 min read

Spotify aiming to get AI remix product live in early 2027, even though it remains unclear if artists and fans are all that interested in it

Spotify is reportedly hoping to launch its much hyped AI remix tool early next year. It’s not really clear that music creators or fans are all that excited about the proposition, though Universal says conversations with artists about opting into the the AI gimmick are actually going “extremely well”…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
Apple Music to start labelling tracks ‘Made With AI’ public
Apple Music • 2 min read

Apple Music to start labelling tracks ‘Made With AI’

Apple Music has told its industry partners that AI-generated tracks will be labelled as such within its app from later this year. It’s relying on labels and distributors to identify which tracks were “materially generated using AI”, using ‘AI transparency tags’ that Apple introduced back in March…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
Spotify to start labelling “AI personas” public
Spotify • 2 min read

Spotify to start labelling “AI personas”

Spotify will start labelling “AI personas” next month, so artists that don’t really exist but which have a profile on the streaming service with an AI-generated identity. It hopes anyone releasing music in that way will self-declare that fact, but will also be monitoring for undeclared AI personas…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
Google says AI training is definitely fair use, while UK copyright law “puts a ceiling on the sophistication” of the British AI sector public
Google • 5 min read

Google says AI training is definitely fair use, while UK copyright law “puts a ceiling on the sophistication” of the British AI sector

Google’s President Of Global Affairs has written a white paper on AI regulation, insisting that AI training is fair use under US law and should stay that way. The white paper comes as Google’s UK lobbyists put more pressure on the government to rewrite copyright law to the advantage of AI companies…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
European Copyright Society says performer ER on streams, like introduced in Belgium, is a “lawful mechanism under EU copyright law” public
European Copyright Society • 4 min read

European Copyright Society says performer ER on streams, like introduced in Belgium, is a “lawful mechanism under EU copyright law”

The European Copyright Society has published a paper considering and rejecting arguments against introducing a performer equitable remuneration right in relation to streaming in Europe. It’s in response to Belgium introducing such an ER right and a legal case that seeks to block in…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
As majors sign more and more AI deals, creator organisations come together to demand artist and songwriter consent, fair compensation and deal transparency public
Artificial Intelligence • 4 min read

As majors sign more and more AI deals, creator organisations come together to demand artist and songwriter consent, fair compensation and deal transparency

31 organisations representing artists, songwriters and managers have called on labels and publishers to commit to creator consent, fair compensation and transparency as they sign up to AI deals. The call comes amid concerns over the “misappropriation of artist and songwriter rights” in the AI domain…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
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