Generate unique drum samples using artificial intelligence

Re:Generate unique drum samples using artificial intelligence by Etheryte on Saturday February 11, 2023 @02:05PM (#34755217)

I feel like this poses an interesting problem: if this AI, without any input samples, generates an output that is indistinguishable from a known sample, can you still say it's royalty free? I'm not really sure what the legal status quo is here in other related fields with similar issues.

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Re:Generate unique drum samples using artificial intelligence by ZitchDog on Saturday February 11, 2023 @02:56PM (#34755722)

It's not an interesting problem, we in the US already have a legal definition of similarity for the purpose of copywright law, I assume other countries do as well.

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Re:Generate unique drum samples using artificial intelligence by speedgoose on Saturday February 11, 2023 @03:04PM (#34755782)

If you ask stable diffusion or MidJourney to generate a recent Disney character image, it’s not royalty-free.

For a drum sample, I guess some are so generic and simple that no one can claim ownership. Still, if you manage to reproduce a particular sample, perhaps because of an overfitted model, then you may have some issues. However, the music industry seems to be fine with sampling.

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Re:Generate unique drum samples using artificial intelligence by CharlesW on Saturday February 11, 2023 @03:30PM (#34756049)

> However, the music industry seems to be fine with sampling.

Yes, as long as the sampled are paid and credited.

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