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ABBA band member Björn Ulvaeus for The Financial Times: Already, several artificial intelligence models can compose music from a few paragraphs, and they are getting more and more sophisticated. AI typically learns from many individual pieces, each made up of different parts: sound, style, genre, voice, instrumentation, melody, lyrics and more. Some parts are better protected by copyright law than others. For example, it is unclear whether a famous singer whose voice is recreated by artificial intelligence can control or prevent songs with a surrogate voice. A wholly computer-generated result should not be protected by copyright. But human input should be protected, and I believe humans will be involved for a long time to come.
The coming changes in music, as well as in society as a whole, are enormous. No one knows what lies ahead. Tech companies will be looking to monetize and scale artificial intelligence models, even if we’re just beginning to understand their applications. But we need to make sure that original creators are protected and fairly rewarded.
The entire article can be read at the link https://www.ft.com/content/e4c43938-43d7-462b-bcff-70404fe44e5a
