Mastodon Migration1d ago

This one takes the cake.🤷

Seems like a new scam is AI companies making infringement claims against the musicians they scraped for sounding like themselves.

Turns out it works because the claims are adjudicated by, you guessed it, AI agents.

"Because YouTube’s copyright claim system operates without individual human review of each dispute, Campbell’s channel was effectively handed over [to the AI company.]"

https://rudevulture.com/ai-company-clones-musicians-voice-then-copyright-strikes-her-own-songs/

h/t @jeeynet https://framapiaf.org/@jeeynet/116359059101502550

AI Company Clones Musician’s Voice, Then Copyright-Strikes Her Own Songs

Folk musician Murphy Campbell found herself at the center of a major ordeal when an entity called Timeless Sounds IR uploaded AI-generated imitations of her music to every major music platform, then used her recordings to strip her of her own income. According to sources, the scheme worked like this: someone fed YouTube videos of ... Read more

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Show threadMilcom Miasma23h ago

@mastodonmigration @jeeynet

Time for a theft of intellectual property lawsuit. I hope she copyrighted all of her material.

I'd *love* to see the judges face when this lawsuit lands.

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@mmiasma @mastodonmigration @jeeynet depending on the country, intellectual property is already protected by the law - it is not feasible to think everyone should copyright everything they make.
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Show threadMilcom Miasma13h ago

@008080 @mastodonmigration @jeeynet

In a situation as obvious as this one, people shouldn't have to rely on copyrighting.

I assumed since she was an American bluegrass artist and YouTube is registered as a U.S. corporation, her proving this was all her own material via copyright would be the easiest way to win her case.