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Grimes says she’s all for the use of artificial intelligence in music production. On Sunday night, she shared on Twitter that she would be happy to share her royalties on her lucrative songs using her songs.
“I split fifty [percent] If an AI-generated song using my voice is successful, I will receive royalties,” she said. murmuredshares a headline about how the fake Drake and fake The Weeknd song “Heart on My Sleeve” is calling the industry into question. It’s the same as the contract.Use my voice freely without penalty.I have no label and no legal binding force.”
While Grimes has advocated the use of AI, the music industry has grappled with the role of AI in songwriting and its legal and financial implications. One of its latest challenges came via the aforementioned “Heart on My Sleeve.” It was created from scratch by TikTok user his Ghostwriter977 (who added the Metro Boomin producer tag to Drake and The Weeknd’s fake sounds). On April 15, he went viral after being shared on TikTok.
But before it hit millions on TikTok, it was uploaded to Spotify and Apple Music on April 4th. Universal Music Group is the world’s largest music company and parent company of Republic Records (Drake, The Weeknd, Metro). Boomin (which has licensing and marketing deals to distribute music via Republic) recently learned that streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music may be using the music on their platforms to train their algorithms. requested to block access from an AI service with The track is no longer available on major streaming services such as Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal and YouTube.
“Training generative AI with music from our artists (which means both a breach of contract and a violation of copyright law) and the availability of infringing content created with generative AI on DSPs historically, all stakeholders in the music ecosystem want to be on the side of artists, fans, and human creative expression, or on the side of deepfakes, fraud, and denial of fair compensation to artists. ‘, UMG said in a recent statement. rolling stone“These examples demonstrate why platforms have a fundamental legal and ethical responsibility to prevent the use of their services in a way that harms artists.”
As for Grimes’ position, she had a different take on Sunday. she tweeted She was in favor of “open sourcing all art and killing copyright.”
Further encouraging those who want to take her up on the offer to use her voice to create an AI-generated song, she added: train yourself. ”
