The global music industry is fighting back against the use of artists’ work by technology companies to power artificial intelligence.
Companies, including Sony and Universal, have launched a website that will both allow labels to protect their copyright and also warn technology businesses that are trawling their content not to use or distribute their work illegally.
The site, RightsAndAI.com, has been put together by the International Confederation of Music Publishers (ICMP), the global trade body that represents the music publishing industry and covers about 90 per cent of the world’s commercially released music.
“AI is not new for the music industry,” it said. “What is new is the recent wave of AI companies, ranging from huge to small, who continue to illegally access and mine
