Originally Posted by Marilyn Oakley
Well, then there is also the topic of the Six Song Country Mashup, it's been out at least 10 yrs and I'm sure many have heard or read about it. I know some peeps wanna hollar AI steals, etc etc. but what about using a formula like in this mashup, as the saying goes, if it ain't broke don't fix it, just alter it 🤣 ; Six Song Mashup or using the same chords to make multiple songs. Grant it I don't play an instrument, but just sayin' ... I know professional songwriters, are using Suno now to create demos for pitching ... AI is here and not going anywhere ... it is a tool for many songwriters, esp those that are lyricists only or can't sing or even create a melody for songs. I know what I hear in my head is not what falls out of my mouth. 😁🤣

I have an instrumental that "borrows" from a classic rock song on purpose. So I uploaded that portion and wouldn't you know that A.I. grabbed it and made some killed instrumental tracks with it. So I quickly wrote some lyrics and ran it again and bam, a really cool live sounding loose jam like we used to do at clubs in the 80s and 90s. We would often do 1 prog rock long jam each night based around a well known riff from a current song. In this case, it is a bass riff from the 70s and it sounds so great, but I can't do anything fun with it because it is clearly THAT riff. Sort of like a rap sample where if you made a penny they would take it and may sue for damaged too.

Courts will be packed. I think Copyright needs a MAJOR update to be on top of any of this. I hear blatant infringements all the time on radio/streaming. It just takes the wrong [naughty word removed] to get in big trouble. Most artists let it go since most of them lifted bits from others, but some, like Don Henley, are raging jerks. Of course he is totally fine ripping off ticket buyers by lip synching his vocal parts while the ban plays to click tracks, but it's okay when he cheats.

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