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X Japan's Yoshiki Advocates Urgent AI Legislation for Music Copyrights -Kayo G. Yoshiki, leader of the rock band X Japan, emphasized the need for legislation to safeguard copyrights and artist rights in the face of expanding AI use in music production. Concerned about AI blurring the distinction between human and AI-generated music, he criticized the ease with which anyone can create music using a single keyword. Yoshiki highlighted the lag in developing legislation for AI-related copyrights, stressing that technology has outpaced legal frameworks. He also noted the rising influx of people into the music industry through AI, leading to reduced artist revenue and emphasized the necessity to establish an environment supporting artists in creating impactful music. #XJapan #Yoshiki #AICopyrights #MusicLegislation #ArtificialIntelligence #CopyrightProtection #MusicIndustry #AIinMusic

Managing the rise of AI is going to come down to determining the line between "AI" and "human". When a monkey takes a selfie? No copyright. If that selfie is edited and enhanced by a human designer? Copyright. The biggest generative AI music making platform is Boomy Corporation. Users can input a simple text prompt, tweak the musical output with rudimentary tools, name the creation, and send it to the DSPs. Boomy argues the act of writing a text prompt, tweaking it based upon a user's wishes, then giving it a name is inherently a creative process. The resulting "song" should be eligible for copyright. That may be legitimate. As someone who was a working musician and spent years learning my instrument it's kind of terrifying. Right now, there is no consensus legally or culturally. Regardless, as an industry we need to decide where that line is. What do you all think? #musicai #generativeAI #musicindustry #musicbusiness

Major music companies are suing generative AI startups Suno and Udio, alleging their AI models that create music infringe on copyrights. The lawsuit highlights the debate around training data. Plenty of high-quality, uncopyrighted text can be used for training. But that isn’t the case for music. This is a classic case of data moat competitive advantages. https://lnkd.in/eZxQD3jq #ai #music #copyright  #datamoat

What is "Audio Fingerprinting"? Why is it limited in 2024? Since the start of the millennium, audio fingerprinting has reclaimed billions of dollars in revenue for music rights holders. However, the way that people make & manipulate music has changed. We can cover songs, change a song's pitch, slow it down, add reverb and, most recently, even deep fake an artist's vocals using AI. Unfortunately, copyright detection has not kept up with this, and Content ID can no longer detect the vast majority of infringements online. There was no industry solution equally as revolutionary as the technology people were harnessing to repurpose copyrighted music. Until now. If you haven't yet been introduced, meet CoverNet by MatchTune, the industry's most modern, comprehensive and effective music copyright protection platform to date. Learn more about CoverNet here: https://www.covernet.ai/ #MusicIndustry #MusicCopyright #AI #ArtificialIntelligence

#AI's role in music creation poses challenges regarding ownership and compensation for #songwriters. Ensuring creators are properly acknowledged and compensated in this new landscape is crucial. New frameworks are needed to address the unique aspects of AI-generated #music and uphold the rights of songwriters. To learn more about AI role in music creations click below 👇🏻 https:https://lnkd.in/gnv_2Uiu

Do AI companies profit from remixing music tracks through generative AI? Artists and Record labels feel they do. AI companies, claiming creative license, believe that there is nothing wrong in copying an artist's work without consent or payment. However big record labels are now carrying the fight over copyright infringements to the courts. Record labels Sony Music, Universal Music Group, and Warner Records have recently sued AI start-ups Suno and Udio on grounds of “mass copyright infringement by using the labels' recordings to train music-generating AI systems.” They added that the recreated music will “directly compete with, cheapen, and ultimately drown out” human artists’ work. https://buff.ly/4bz2xct Suno CEO Mikey Shulman disagrees, “Our technology is transformative; it is designed to generate completely new outputs, not to memorize and regurgitate pre-existing content.” Suno and UDIO have raised millions in funding for their text prompt based music generating systems. The record labels claim that the AI companies are “deliberately evasive” about the material they used to train their technology. In fact, they have accused Suno and UDIO of copying 662 and 1670 songs respectively. They are seeking statutory damages of up to $150,000 per “allegedly copied” song. This could run into billions! #music #copyright #AI #recordlabels #technology

As music technology evolves, a recurring narrative emerges - the infringement of artists' rights, particularly in the generative AI domain, where platforms frequently train their models on copyrighted material without permission. One such platform, Jammable (formerly known as Voicify.ai), is now under legal scrutiny. Offering the feature to clone the voices of famous artists, Jammable faces legal action from BPI (British Phonographic Industry) Meanwhile, in the US, the No AI FRAUD Act is making its way through the House of Representatives. Such global legislative efforts mark a significant moment in the ongoing debate over copyright and AI and could potentially reshape the way copyrighted content is leveraged across the music industry. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eSr5awJT #DataArt #DataArtMedia #musicindustry #musicbuisness #deepfake #generativeAI 

I think we need a new agency to hand out blanket licenses for songs to AI companies who want to use them. The companies would pay a blanket fee for a set of songs similar to ASCAP, SESAC or BMI. Track their usage using ISRCs and then report back usage to the agency which then pays the rights holders based off of their percentage of usage as part of the total blanket license. Or the law could be that these companies can use any copyrighted song but must pay the rights holders a set fee per usage on their own and like GDPR artists can audit these platforms. That seems like more a hassle then these companies want. Just a few ideas for how to handle this. No one answer is perfect but the music industry should get ahead of this before it becomes even harder to set a system in place. I do understand his point of view though. If we treat AI is an artist who listens to a ton of genres then uses that knowledge to create new music, should that artist be responsible to pay all the artists it listened to a royalty? #ai #aimusic https://lnkd.in/gYKnPXKJ

Will AI ruin the music industry? 🎵 We asked a chatbot AI what were some of the biggest concerns about AI's impact on the music industry and these were the top 3 answers. 1️⃣ Creativity and Originality: One of the main concerns is that AI-generated music might lack the emotional depth, creativity, and originality that human musicians bring to their work. Critics worry that an over-reliance on AI-generated content could lead to a homogenized and formulaic music landscape. 2️⃣ Job Displacement: As AI technology becomes more capable of composing and producing music, there are concerns about the potential displacement of human musicians, composers, and producers. Musicians may find it harder to compete in an industry where AI-generated music is cheaper and faster to produce. 3️⃣ Copyright and Ownership: AI-generated music raises complex questions about copyright and ownership. Determining who holds the rights to AI-generated compositions and recordings can be challenging, especially if AI systems are trained on existing copyrighted material. 🎯 We believe these concerns are spot on so the sooner we start having these conversations, the faster we can organize and mitigate these problems. And these aren't just relevant to music. Film, books and all forms of entertainment will likely face these issues. Do you agree? Which one of these concerns you the most as a creator? Which ones are missing? #musicindustry #writerscommunity #musicians #behindthescenes #producers

The RIAA is suing AI startups Suno and Uncharted Labs for copyright infringement, accusing them of using popular artists' work without permission to train their AI models. This highlights the ongoing debate surrounding AI in the music industry and the need for clear regulations. The outcome of these lawsuits could have significant implications for the future of AI-generated music and the relationship between AI and human artists. #AI #copyright #musicindustry https://lnkd.in/dQ4ThWS5