With AI there were (at least) two big questions:

1. Will AI companies need to license training data?
2. How will AI music be copyrighted?

Suno decided to license training data from Warner's. As a result, Suno will create new models based on licensed data. Warner's artists have the option to opt out. How that impacts Suno's output isn't clear - I believe that Adobe's models initially took a large quality hit when they were restricted to licensed content.

But it's not clear at all what the commercial use of AI music is, as this is apparently not addressed in the press releases.

That is, what is the copyright status of music? AI music still doesn't get copyright status, even if it's generated with licensed music. Plus, it fails to address what happens when music generated from Warner's licensed data infringes on training data. All this remains as it were before.

The requirement for copyright requires sufficient human input. What that will look like is still an open question.

So it's a big step forward for Suno, but there are still a myriad of legal questions to be addressed.

-- David Cuny

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Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?

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