One thing's for certain - there's no going back from here.
Ever since the Industrial Revolution in England and probably before that, the Luddites and others have tried in vain to halt progress. Whether you perceive the progress to be good, or bad, makes no difference when it comes to trying to prevent it. The present lawsuits are likely to suffer the same fate. As David Cuny (for whom I have a great respect) pointed out, the Ai computer does little more than listen to the radio and learn how to write songs. Sorry, David if this is an oversimplification of your excellent and detailed explanation. This is pretty much how I learned to do it and I suspect many others did too. How often do you hear an Artiste talk about their influences? If you are going to stop the Ai machine listening to copyrighted music, then it follows that you must also stop the general public from listening too, in case they become influenced and maybe start to play guitar like BB King (I wish).
I've been working with both computers and music for most of my life and was still unprepared for the sudden improvement in Ai generated music. I confess to having tried it out and been startled at the sheer quality. Now I'm trying to work out how I can embrace this format, because if I try to dismiss it, or pretend that it will go away, I think I'll simply go mad.
ROG