Paul McCartney, Elton John and other creatives demand AI comes clean on scraping

Re:Paul McCartney, Elton John and other creatives demand AI ... by francisofascii on Monday May 12, 2025 @10:42AM (#43963571)

We all "stand on the shoulders of giants." Much of our creative work is a derivative of earlier work. Humans and AI are no different.

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Re:Paul McCartney, Elton John and other creatives demand AI ... by 4d4m on Monday May 12, 2025 @12:34PM (#43964883)

Lol but laws are laws, and copyright law is exceedingly clear.

The vibe that all creative work is based on something from earlier doesn't hold up in court. Breaking copyright isn't legal, it's theft.

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Re:Paul McCartney, Elton John and other creatives demand AI ... by francisofascii on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @11:49AM (#43974257)

> copyright law is exceedingly clear.

Not when it comes to music. It is clear when you copy a song verbatim, but when the song is similar to an older song it gets much more complicated. With all the different components: lyrics, melody, chord progression, etc. The Ed Sheeran case taught us that.

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