The music industry will soon receive an important remix. According to Financial timesSeveral of the best labels are on the edge of signing groundbreaking contracts with AI companies, giving technology access to music catalogs, while providing payment of artists and laws.
It can be a plan of how creative industries manage the use of artificial intelligence.
It is striking how it matches a greater trend. We have already seen the battles elsewhere – recently Disney sent a cessation and a fee for character.Ai for enabling users to play roles with Disney characters.
Musical licensing, unlike explicit bans, suggests that a compromise can be a way forward: it is better to earn than fighting endless lawsuits.
Wave effects are huge. If the songs generated by AI can be built legally using a licensed material, platforms can open convincing songs in the style of your favorite artist with baked tantie.
It is not difficult to imagine fans ordering “Lost Beatles Ballad” with permissions.
This is a huge jump from the chaos of viral, unauthorized songs, such as the AI Drake song, which exploded last year.
The regulatory authorities also watch carefully – just look how I have an act He is already pressing the synthetic content on the clear designation.
Meanwhile, the publication and corporate communication are struggling with the same dilemmas.
Studies have shown that almost One quarter of the corporate press releases Last year they were at least partly written by AI.
If music licensing contracts take root, this may force other industries-dental, journalism, and even writing scenarios-to develop your own license framework instead of running WHACK-A-Mole battles with AI platforms.
And then there is money. With investors pouring billions into generative artificial intelligence, from Hollywood experiments with Actors as such as Tilly Norwood For startups promising “ERP migrations” this kind of licensing model can be a stabilizer that guarantees that artists and creators will not be left.
For me, it is great that we are observing a cultural change, not just legal. Licensing contracts are recognition that AI is not going anywhere.
The question is now whether these frames will protect creativity or simply transform the art into another set of data sold to the highest bidder.
Would you call this progress – or just another remix of an old song?
