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First 'AI Music Creator' Signed by Record Label. More Ahead, or Just a Copyright Quandry?


"I have no musical talent at all," says Oliver McCann. "I can't sing, I can't play instruments, and I have no musical background at all!" But the Associated Press describes 37-year-old McCann as a British "AI music creator" — and last month McCann signed with an independent record label "aft...

In June, the two sides also reportedly entered negotiations that could go beyond settling the lawsuits and set rules for how artists are paid when AI is used to remix their songs. GEMA, a German royalty collection society, has sued Suno, accusing it of generating music similar to songs like "Mambo No. More than 1,000 musicians, including Kate Bush, Annie Lennox and Damon Albarn, released a silent album to protest proposed changes to U.K. laws on AI they fear would erode their creative control.

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