London-based musicians call for better regulation on the production of AI music as parliament stalls on legislation.
In the UK, there is currently no legislation which forces developers to disclose the use of copyrighted works in AI training, including using original music, lyrics and sound production to create AI tracks.
The latest proposed amendment to the Data Bill – dubbed the ‘Kidron Amendment’ after Baroness Kidron, who directed a number of films – suggested that copyright holders should be entitled to know whether their work had been used to train AI music.
This was ultimately rejected by the House of Commons, and now fears grow among musicians that they are losing out on opportunities to artificially engineered songs and music production.
One musician, Elliot Swift, has even started a petition to campaign for more stringent legislation and to regulate streaming platforms, such as Spotify, from promoting AI music.
Listen below to find out what he had to say:
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