The company cited “open questions” and “unaddressed rights issues” with respect to the content used by artificial intelligence generators. For the most part, it’s being scraped and remixed from the work of human artists, who use the Internet as a venue for their work to connect with audiences and potential buyers. Not only do some see this as disenfranchising to artists but it also presents legal quicksand for image sites that decide to trade in AI-crafted content.
Source: Citing Copyright Concerns, Getty Images Bans AI-Generated Content
In diversifying its own content offering with yet another audio format alongside music and podcasts, Spotify may have unlocked a new way for artists to make more money from their fans on its platform. What if that artist and their team had access to a feature in Spotify for Artists that let them put a lock icon on a bonus track, making it accessible only to the fans who make an additional purchase?
Amazon plans to limit automatic ebook returns to cases where people have read no more than 10 percent of the book, according to the Authors Guild. The change, which follows complaints that Kindle buyers were returning titles they’d fully read to get a refund, is expected to take place by the end of the year. In a press release, the guild blamed “BookTok influencers” for encouraging people to get “free” books by buying and then returning them.
In a new memo sent to Kobalt clients in the past few days, Kobalt says that it has “been working with Meta on new licensing terms” since its previous deal expired in July, and that it is now “pleased to announce that Kobalt’s repertoire is once again licensed on Meta Platforms in the US.” The note adds: “You should expect to see your repertoire return to Meta’s platforms shortly.”