News broke recently that Warner Music has reached an agreement with Suno to regulate the production of music "made in AI". Under this agreement, the artists on whom the platform's music is based will be compensated for the use of their work as a template, according to a specific copyright agreement to be established between Warner and Suno.
Seems like the new model will be able to recognize in which percentage an AI track is based from existing copyrighted music and establishes the correct distribution of royalties.
Furthermore, with the new model due out in 2026, Suno will no longer allow free users to download tracks, only sharing. Downloading the generated tracks requires a subscription fee, which also limits the number of downloadable tracks.
Mikey Shulman, CEO, Suno said: “Our partnership with Warner Music unlocks a bigger, richer Suno experience for music lovers, and accelerates our mission to change the place of music in the world by making it more valuable to billions of people. Together, we can enhance how music is made, consumed, experienced and shared. This means we’ll be rolling out new, more robust features for creation, opportunities to collaborate and interact with some of the most talented musicians in the world, all while continuing to build the biggest music ecosystem possible.”
Let me translate this to you.
SUNO: "We are not making enough money from AI generated music. Users subscription are not actually making us a real profit. So we are creating a new model that forces people to subscribe and pay a higher fee under the promise that their money are going to pay the real artists our AI-generated music is based out of. But we are a tech company. We don't give a fuck about art and artists. We just want your money, and we are going to get them, one way or another.🤑"
WARNER: "Agree. Also, once we train Suno algorithm on our own artists music, we'll be able to make our own AI artists, which we don't have to pay because they're not humans. We'll flood streaming platforms with this shit I don't even care to listen because it's dumb. And all the royalties we get from subscribers fees, both on Suno and streaming platforms, will go directly into our pockets. Amazing! No more stupid artsy people to deal with!🤑"
Here's the full article: https://www.wmg.com/news/warner-music-group-and-suno-forge-groundbreaking-partnership
And here's a recent rant on AI music from mister "internet busiest music nerd" Anthony Fantano:
Tell me something different from #fuckAI in the comments, thanks.
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