Screen Composers Guild of Ireland

New copyright lawsuit just dropped. It's a class action lawsuit brought by independent musicians against AI music product Mureka. It alleges Mureka systematically copied & stored musicians' work to create a product that competes with them. "Unlike lawsuits brought by major labels to protect their superstar catalogs," plaintiffs say, "this case centers on the disproportionate harm Defendants inflict on independent musicians and songwriters." Let no one tell you that it's only big media companies who object to AI companies' exploitation of creatives' work. pacermonitor.com/public/case…

Spotify continues to double down on accepting fully AI-generated music, recommending it to users, and refusing to add prominent labelling. This weekend, the Times asked Spotify’s new co-CEOs whether AI music is welcome on the platform. They deflected by saying they’re 'not deciding what is good creativity' (so the answer is yes, AI music is welcome). Then they said "we don't think we should decide what [users] are allowed to listen to". But they're not just deciding whether users *can* listen to AI music. They're refusing to make it clear to users that what they're listening to *is* AI music. You listen to AI music on Spotify and you have no idea that you are doing so. They don’t tell you it’s AI. Not to mention that it's not just buried in their catalog for you to find if you want it. It’s being recommended to you in personalized playlists. AI music presents a massive commercial opportunity to Spotify. That seems to be more important to them than remaining a human music platform. thetimes.com/business-money/…

A group of huge UK artists just accused the prime minister of failing to protect creatives’ human rights, by selling them out to AI companies. Labour is losing the creative sector in a bid to line its pockets with big tech money. Read the letter ⬇️

These first-hand accounts of artists losing work to AI are as bleak as they are important to hear. Please read Brian's fantastic post. As ever, he is doing absolutely stellar work. Generative AI competes with artists. Anyone who says otherwise is lying.