If you’ve never written a single note of music in your life, AI can change that. There are plenty of AI tools out there that can help users create songs with just a few well-written prompts. While it sounds like a good thing for aspiring songwriters, it’s not so much for music publishers. In fact, several major music groups are now accusing AI of the theft of copyrighted materials.

Music groups accuse AI of copyright theft

Speaking to AFP, John Phelan, director general of the International Confederation of Music Publishers (ICMP), said, “The world’s largest tech companies, as well as AI-specific companies, such as OpenAI, Suno, and Udio, Mistral, etc., are engaged in the largest copyright infringement exercise that has been seen.”

The accusations aren’t just empty threats either. The International Confederation of Music Publishers (ICMP) says AI companies have “sucked up the world’s entire music catalogue” and are guilty of “wilful, commercial-scale copyright infringement.”

Major record labels, including Universal Music Group, Sony Music, and Warner Music Group, have already filed lawsuits against AI music generators Suno and Udio. They are claiming that these platforms built their services by copying millions of songs without permission. For those unfamiliar, AI music platforms like Suno and Udio allow users to generate songs based on text prompts. This lets them create music that can closely mimic artists such as Chuck Berry and Mariah Carey.

But is this just music organizations being “greedy” and protecting their bottom line? Or is it truly a cause for concern? Turns out, it might be the latter. Suno already has over 10 million users generating music files, with some outputs getting more than 2 million streams. Meanwhile, AI-generated music accounts for 28 percent of content uploaded daily on Deezer. Think of it this way: imagine if millions of people took samples from songs, used them without paying royalties, all while earning money off the work of others. That’s pretty much what’s happening here.

The music industry isn’t alone

The music industry isn’t alone in trying to fight AI-related theft. We’ve already seen photographers taking a stand. Many photographers and artists have started to notice that AI image generators are using their work to train their models. This results in images that are eerily familiar, just with some minor tweaks here and there. Also, earlier this year, Getty Images filed a lawsuit against Stability AI.

Publishers and publications of written works, such as the New York Times, have filed their own lawsuits against AI companies like OpenAI.
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