Artists have long criticized Spotify for its meager royalties system and its questionable content moderation practices. Now artists must contend with an entirely different problem: increased competition from AI-generated tracks, some of which have gained hundreds of thousands of listens.
Source: Spotify is full of AI music, and some say it’s ruining the platform
SAG-AFTRA’s strike against video game companies over the use of AI presents new concerns over digital replicas and synthetic performances. The guild’s position is actors aren’t defined by the medium. Whether it’s film, TV, or video games, AI and other rights should be consistent; video game studios, to put it mildly, disagree.
Source: SAG-AFTRA vs. AI: Why the Video-Game Strike Impacts All Actors
Thomson said in a statement alongside the financial results: “Our landmark agreement with OpenAI is not only expected to be lucrative, but will enable us to work closely with a trusted, pre-eminent partner to fashion a future for professional journalism and for provenance. Meanwhile, we have begun to take legal steps against AI aggressors, the egregious aggregators, who are predatory in the confiscation of our content. ‘Open source’ can never be a justification for ‘open slather.’”
Source: News Corp has begun legal moves against ‘AI aggressors’, CEO reveals
Imagine scrolling through your feed, uncertain whether the product images from your favorite brand are genuine, or if news photos accurately depict world events. The solution, surprisingly, may not lie in cutting-edge technology, but in our most fundamental human characteristic: trust. At its core, trust is a relationship between people, not machines. We don’t truly trust software or algorithms; we trust the individuals and organizations behind them.
Bodies representing the UK’s directors, writers and actors have written to big tech firms challenging them for using their work to train generative AI models. The Creators Rights Alliance (CRA) has today penned the letter, citing the need to “safeguard human creativity, truthful content and the rights of authors, creators, and performers.”
The survey, which polled 307 U.S. adults in director-level positions or higher, found that an overwhelming 84% of data, privacy, and AI decision-makers support updating U.S. copyright laws to protect against AI. This sentiment reflects the growing tension between rapid technological advancement and outdated legal frameworks.
Source: Survey: 84% of tech execs back copyright law overhaul for AI era
Microsoft, Google, OpenAI, Apple and Meta are facing heat from the U.K.’s creative community over the use of copyrighted material in AI development. The Creators’ Rights Alliance (CRA) has fired off a stern warning to these tech behemoths and others in the software development sector, demanding an end to the unauthorized use of creative works for AI training and operation.
Source: Microsoft, Google, OpenAI, Apple, Meta Targeted in U.K. Creators’ AI Content Crackdown
The RIAA and several other organizations condemn AI startup Anthropic for allegedly flaunting copyright law. The criticism appears in an amicus brief in support of a court injunction requested by music publishers, who want the AI company to stop using lyrics without permission. According to the RIAA, Anthropic’s defense relies on the same rhetoric as Napster once did.
Source: RIAA Backs AI Copyright Lawsuit Against Anthropic, Sees Similarities with Napster * TorrentFreak
A new AI start-up has signed deals with several major global news publishers convinced by its plan to share revenue each time their content is used to generate an answer – before it has even launched. The Financial Times, Fortune, Axel Springer and The Atlantic have all agreed to license their content to Prorata.ai.
Source: FT, Atlantic, Axel Springer and Fortune get behind AI start-up’s per-use compensation plan
Associations worldwide representing authors’ collective management organizations in the music and visual arts sectors — including CISAC, EVA, IFRRO, GESAC, and the SAA — have responded to Finland’s recent cut to its private copying compensation plan, urging the country to reverse the decision. The organizations have joined forces to express “great concern on behalf of both the Finnish authors and all European/international authors.
Source: Finland Slashes Its Private Copying Compensation Plan