May 16, 2024
Sony Music slams tech giants for unauthorised use of stars' songs
The largest music publisher in the world has sent letters to Google, Microsoft and OpenAI demanding to know if they have used its songs to develop artificial intelligence systems. Sony Music has given firms a deadline to respond and says it will enforce its copyright "To the full extent permitted by applicable law", such as the EU's upcoming AI Act. It is unclear whether any of the AI firms contacted did train their tech on music owned by Sony Music - and even if they did, whether any laws have actually been broken. Nana Nwachukwu, a lawyer at AI ethics firm Saidot, said training AI models with copyrighted music "May constitute a copyright infringement" under current EU rules. As far as music is concerned, Sony Music rival Universal Music has brought legal action against Antrophic in the US, claiming the AI firm infringed its copyright over the lyrics of hundreds of songs.
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