AI is already a threat to the record industry

Oct. 21 (Portaltic/EP) –

The Association of record industry of America (RIAA) has included the artificial intelligence as one of the main threats to the industry and copyright, along with pirated content and counterfeits.

The association, which watches over the rights of the music industry in the United States, highlights the threat of pirated content in the ‘Review of markets notorious for counterfeiting and piracy’, published in october.

And it includes a list of the main markets that “participate in reproduction without a license, creation of derivative works, streaming and/or distribution/downloading or other unauthorized dissemination of sound recordings”.

also refers counterfeit “high-end” CDs and vinyl that are made in China and Russia, which bear a strong resemblance to the real thing, and from unauthorized compilations, which can sometimes be found on legitimate marketplaces like Amazon and eBay.

However, these are not the only threats that the association has detected, since it dedicates a section to artificial intelligence based extractors and mixers (IA), that is, digital services that use this technology to violate copyright.

“Supposedly using artificial intelligence (AI), they extract, or rather, copythe vocals, the instrumentals, or some part of the instrumentals (a musical root) of a sound recording, and/or generate, master or remix a recording so that it is very similar or nearly as good as reference tracks from selected and well-known sound recording artists.” .

The RIAA also notes that they are premiering AI models with music by artists, without the right or authorization to do so, to “make unauthorized copies” of your work. And cites among some of these services Acapella-extractor, Remove-Vocals and Songmastr.