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YouTube is letting creators opt in to allowing third-party AI training

YouTube is rolling out a way for creators to let third-party companies use their videos to train AI models. To be clear, the default setting for this is off, meaning that if you don’t want to let third-party companies scrape your videos for AI training, you don’t have to do anything. But if, for some reason, you do want to allow that — Google says that “some creators and rights holders” may want to — it’s going to be an option.

Source: YouTube is letting creators opt in to allowing third-party AI training

UK proposes letting tech firms use copyrighted work to train AI

Campaigners for the protection of the rights of creatives have criticised a UK government proposal to let artificial intelligence companies train their algorithms on their works under a new copyright exemption. Under the proposals, tech companies will be allowed to freely use copyrighted material to train artificial intelligence models unless creative professionals and companies opt out of the process.

Source: UK proposes letting tech firms use copyrighted work to train AI

‘Clean’ AI Video Model to Launch in Early 2025 Targeting Hollywood Clients 

A “clean” image and video generation model, trained exclusively on “ethically sourced” data, is being positioned for enterprise-grade productions in Hollywood next year as an alternative to offerings from tech giants accused of data scraping. The new model, dubbed “Marey,” after early cinema pioneer Étienne-Jules Marey, will be available in January or February 2025.

Source: ‘Clean’ AI Video Model to Launch in Early 2025 Targeting Hollywood Clients (EXCLUSIVE)

Merlin to AI Companies: Don’t Harvest Our Data

Like many organizations in the music industry, Merlin supports “AI products that aid human creativity, or provide new opportunities for artists to create and collaborate in developing new original works,” wrote the organization in a mission statement shared with Billboard. But it strongly opposes “any product, regardless of its purpose, that has been trained on Merlin members’ music without permission.”

Source: Merlin to AI Companies: Don’t Harvest Our Data

Music AI partners with Audible Magic to create music-swapping tool for TV and film

Music AI, an AI-powered audio technology company, has partnered with Audible Magic to help film and TV companies manage music licensing. Through Music AI’s cinematic stem separation technology, users will be able to break down video soundtracks into individual components like dialogue, background noise, and music. They will then be able to swap in new music when needed.

Source: Music AI partners with Audible Magic to create music-swapping tool for TV, video and film

Australia Plans Tech-Platform Charge to Shore Up News Media

Australia plans to implement a new charge on the owners of global tech platforms, attempting to shore up local media outlets months after Facebook cut ties with traditional news providers. The government plans to charge platforms that choose not to enter or renew commercial agreements with local news publishers. The charge will apply to large digital platforms irrespective of whether or not they carry news, the government said Thursday.

Source: Australia Plans Tech-Platform Charge to Shore Up News Media

Over 600 Artists Demand UMG Drop Lawsuit vs. Internet Archive

A growing number of musicians have signed a letter organized by Fight for the Future in a campaign demanding UMG and other music labels drop their lawsuit against the Internet Archive, the nonprofit online library best known for the Wayback Machine. Around 630 musicians, including Tegan & Sara, Open Mike Eagle, Amanda Palmer, and Bikini Kill’s Kathleen Hanna, have signed the letter.

Source: Over 600 Artists Demand UMG Drop Lawsuit vs. Internet Archive

WGA Sends Letter to Studios, Urging Lawsuits Against AI ‘Plagiarism’

The Writers Guild of America‘s east and west chapters have sent a strongly-worded letter to the heads of the major Hollywood studios, criticizing them for inaction as artificial intelligence appears to be taking copy-written scripts and using it to “plagiarize stolen works.” The WGA officers go on to criticize the studios for doing “nothing to stop this theft.  They have allowed tech companies to plunder entire libraries without permission or compensation.”

Source: WGA Sends Letter to Studios, Urging Lawsuits Against AI Plagiarism: ‘Inaction has Harmed WGA Members’

✘ Music inside video games – rights & discovery

Music is an inherent part of video games. Moreover, the way music operates inside video games will be a guiding light for the future of music creation. Especially when it comes to procedural music, it’s clear that this has been setting a precedent for understanding music as more fluid intellectual property. The listener becomes an influential element in how the music develops and they shape the sounds to their wants and needs.

Source: ✘ Music inside video games – rights & discovery

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