Universal Music Group request Spotify and Apple Music And other streaming services to block AI companies from accessing Universal Music's copyrighted songs "train" Its machine, It's the music industry's latest push back against such technology.

Sent last month Spotify, Apple Music And other streaming services in an email, Universal Music says, It has realized that certain AI services are already in place "No consent was obtained" In the case of using copyrighted music for training.

Universal Music said in an email: "We will not hesitate to take steps to protect our rights and those of our artists. " But it's not clear what exactly those measures are, Nor is it clear what Universal Music wants streaming services to do.

Ai platforms are trained to produce new creations, The premise is to provide a large number of existing works to the platform (call "input" ) . In terms of artificial intelligence music platforms, This process involves a large number of songs. With AI tools in the past 6 It went viral in a month, The entire music industry declares, This training infringes the copyright of many artists who create original works.

Although the issue is legally novel, Have not been resolved, But it may soon get its answer in court. A group of visual artists have filed a class-action lawsuit over the use of their copyrighted images to train an artificial intelligence platform, Getty Images also reported "extort" Ai companies whose databases serve as training materials have filed similar lawsuits.

10 month, Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Took a hard line on the issue, Direct warning, Artificial intelligence companies train their machines by using existing music, Copyright is being infringed on a massive scale. RIAA Point out: "This use is unauthorized, By making unauthorized copies of our members' work, Violated the rights of our members. "

Universal Music 4 month 12 The message was repeated in a statement released on Tuesday about the email it sent to the streaming service: "We have an ethical and commercial responsibility to our artists, Work to prevent unauthorized use of their music, And stop platforms from scraping content that violates the rights of artists and other creators. We expect our platform partners to prevent their services from being used by others in ways that harm artists. "

Record labels have a complex business relationship with streaming services, That means a direct lawsuit seems unlikely. Similar to the field of visual arts, A lawsuit against the AI platform itself seems a more plausible outcome——Proposed by a music company or by a group of artists or songwriters.

The letter may have been intended to put pressure on streaming companies, Ask them to pass the terms of service (That is, customers are subscribing Spotify or Apple Music An agreement signed while waiting for service) To take a tougher line in policing its platforms. Regardless of whether the copyright law on AI training is vague or not, These user agreements could give streaming services more explicit rights, To crack down on companies that steal songs in bulk. (Be compiled from www. billboard. com)

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