Artificial intelligence isn’t just writing poems and composing music anymore – it’s rewriting the rulebook for copyright! At the Copyright Collective Management Summit 2024, experts and creators clashed (and collaborated) over how to protect creative work in the age of algorithms.
When Tech Meets Copyright Chaos
Imagine this: An AI model trained on Beyoncé’s discography drops a viral track. Who gets paid? The programmer? The AI? Or Beyoncé? This is the kind of legal gray area keeping collective management organizations (CMOs) up at night. Their old-school royalty systems weren’t built for machines that learn from *everything*.
Global Playbook for a Digital World
Summit highlights? Three big moves:
AI Transparency Push: Demanding tech firms disclose what copyrighted material trains their models.
Borderless Licensing: Creating global frameworks so K-pop hits don’t get ‘sampled’ without consequences.
Creator Empowerment: New tools to help artists track AI use of their work – think blockchain meets copyright.
As one panelist quipped: “We’re not anti-AI – we just want it to play fair.” The race is on to build systems that reward human creativity without stifling innovation.
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