of the recorded music industry, has also been issuing substantial numbers of takedown requests in relation to AI uploads appearing online.
It is the latest move in the music industry’s growing battle to prevent AIs from using its songs without licensing them. Behind these efforts to enforce copyright, the big worry is about how governments will balance the rights of AIs against human creativity. In particular, the UK government is threatening to water down copyright laws to benefit tech companies at the expense of not only the music industry but also creative businesses like literature, films, and photography. So what’s going on?, it’s already possible to type in a prompt and the program will use AI to search a catalogue of music for patterns.
Mubert claims to be “on a global mission to empower creators.” It is unclear how that squares with not paying human creators royalties for the use of their music. Mubert even emphasizes that its audio material is made “from real musicians and producers,” recognizing that the value in the music is coming from human creators.