AI Music Debate Is Missing Half the Money
AIMusicEconomyMusic BusinessLegalThe AI Music Debate Is Missing Half the MoneyJust Wordz4 min read·9 hours ago--ListenShareMost of the AI music debate feels like it’s happening one layer too early.Artists are (fairly) pissed that companies trained generative models on huge amounts of copyrighted music. The proposed fix that keeps coming up is some version of “AI companies should license the music they train on.”On the surface, that sounds reasonable. But I think we need to be a bit paranoid here about unintended consequences.
- ▪AIMusicEconomyMusic BusinessLegalThe AI Music Debate Is Missing Half the MoneyJust Wordz4 min read·9 hours ago--ListenShareMost of the AI music debate feels like it’s happening one layer too early.Artists are (fairly) pissed that companies
- ▪The proposed fix that keeps coming up is some version of “AI companies should license the music they train on.”On the surface, that sounds reasonable.
- ▪But I think we need to be a bit paranoid here about unintended consequences.
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AIMusicEconomyMusic BusinessLegalThe AI Music Debate Is Missing Half the MoneyJust Wordz4 min read·9 hours ago--ListenShareMost of the AI music debate feels like it’s happening one layer too early.Artists are (fairly) pissed that companies trained generative models on huge amounts of copyrighted music. The proposed fix that keeps coming up is some version of “AI companies should license the music they train on.”On the surface, that sounds reasonable. Even pro-artist. But I think we need to be a bit paranoid here about unintended consequences.
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