TFA title is a little misleading, it is song _lyrics_ that are alleged stolen.
Huge settlement inbound. Lyrics reproduced on Google search, Musixmatch and elsewhere are licensed [1] so there's no "fair use" defense. (Would be interesting if Gemini ever gets caught up in this).
The more interesting question is if there will ever be a fair deal for creators with AI consuming their content. Anti-copyright AI maxis seem to anxiously await a future where nobody can make money off their original work, but for most people it's just a fairness issue that if somebody makes something people like, they should get paid for it at least for some period of time.
There's a price tag to be paid, the question is will the hyperscalers take on the problem and solve attribution and payment? Or will they just settle as the price of doing their dirty business of stealing human work?
TFA title is a little misleading, it is song _lyrics_ that are alleged stolen.
Huge settlement inbound. Lyrics reproduced on Google search, Musixmatch and elsewhere are licensed [1] so there's no "fair use" defense. (Would be interesting if Gemini ever gets caught up in this).
The more interesting question is if there will ever be a fair deal for creators with AI consuming their content. Anti-copyright AI maxis seem to anxiously await a future where nobody can make money off their original work, but for most people it's just a fairness issue that if somebody makes something people like, they should get paid for it at least for some period of time.
There's a price tag to be paid, the question is will the hyperscalers take on the problem and solve attribution and payment? Or will they just settle as the price of doing their dirty business of stealing human work?
1 - https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/18/google-will-start-attribut...