The AI Licensing Paradox - Solving Permission Could Create a Bigger Problem
The music industry's fight with generative AI has largely centered on one question: Did AI companies have permission to use copyrighted music to train their models? Labels, publishers and songwriters have argued that companies should not be able to ingest protected recordings and compositions without authorization or compensation. Licensing appears to offer the obvious solution. If AI companies obtain permission, rightsholders get paid and models can operate within an authorized ecosystem. But solving that first problem could expose a second, potentially much larger one.
