Originally Posted by Brian Austin Whitney
All non label or non published songwriters will get screwed over and it is already happening. The labels and publishers (often the same companies) will steal 100% of the control and income even though they only represent <1% music makers. They did it with Spotify, they are doing it again with A.I. companies. Most of ALL the training of A.I. is NOT using label artists, it is using JPF members and other indie artists who will not get representation nor a share of any of the money. Major artists have too few songs recorded to train A.I.

You have stated that the labels and publishers are going to "screw over" artists and many others.
If the labels and publishers own a musical catalogue, they have a right to pursue the protection of it, the liquidation of it, or whatever else they want to do with. Including negotiate with SUNO and UDIO. It would be a breach of the constitution to tell them they could not..

If there is this massive group of musical copyright holders out there without sway (99%?) , then they are going to get washed around in the tides created by the big players.No news there. Never has been.

JAY Z and Beyonce were part of a group that was going to wrestle back control of their music from SPOTIFY and the streamers. It failed because the typical Beyonce and JAY Z fan wants their music for nothing. The root of most of this particular evil is the fan who wants everything for free.

WAYPO et al looks ready to destroy Yellow CAB and UBER.
COSTCO, WALMART and China have wreaked havok on Main street and American manufacturing.
AI appears to be about to up-end civilization, leaving so many people out of a job, I don't see how its possible not to have anarchy throughout the world.

If you were the head of a major label, your job would be to maintain the viability and profitability of your company.
You would have a right to take whatever steps you felt necessary to do that within the law. You and your company would also be victims of the tides. I'm sure the labels would return to an only-vinyl world if they could.

And you would do it to, just like the label heads do.

Constantly framing them as, "the man" and "the conspiracy"and "the screwer-over-ers" is not going to move any needles because it reflects a distorted reality that doesnt connect all of the dots.

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