The famous artist warned in a recent note to the BBC that the new ways of producing music, through technology, could seriously affect the intellectual property and the career of the artists.
Paul McCartney He expressed a few days ago concern about the incorporation of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) In music realization. It is of extensive knowledge that the Ia It can generate melodies, harmonies, letters and rhythms, and can help composers explore new sounds and styles.
To create music with AI, a prompt can be defined, which is a formula that includes gender, time, instruments, duration and tone, and on the basis of those parameters create a work. The big question is: what happens to copyright?
The concern of the former member of “The Beatles” comes over the regulations of the States And, for this reason, he made a public order for governments to guarantee the protection of creative industries, since AI could “cheat” (sic) to artists. The British composer in his recent interview with the BBC added: “There are young people who are starting, who write a beautiful song, but they are not their owners, they have nothing to do with their creation, and anyone can copy it.”
McCartney’s complaint is focused on the Role of digital platforms. According to the famous musician “music money is going somewhere. When it reaches streaming platforms someone is receiving the money, and should be the person who created it. It shouldn’t be a technology giant, ”he added to the BBC.
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At the same time, The United Kingdom is trying to regulate the articulation of AI and copyright. The Government proposed at the end of 2024 a new bill that would allow technology companies to train their AI models with copyright protected works, unless creators explicitly opt for not participating.
According to the British government, this system could foster a more friendly regulatory environment with AI, which would boost investment in the country.
The debate for the use of AI, worldwide
On the other hand, in most world nations There is a legitimate entity that manages the copyright of the composers and authors of music. The function of these entities is to defend the copyright of composers, performers and music authors, whether national or foreign. The role of entities that protect the rights of authors is highly valued by artists and producers because it is very complex to control the musical reproduction of works worldwide. Some examples of organizations that fulfill these functions are: ASCAP and BMI (USA); PRS FOR MUSIC (UK) SUTEM (France); Gema (Germany); Jasrac (Japan) and Sadaic (Argentina).
Finally, since 2024, interpreters, artists, composers, editors and media companies, they have been gathering in different parts of the world to monitor that the production of music through AI is not harmful in relation to copyright despite of the continuous advance of technology.
Source: Ambito
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