An amicus by Bryan Frye (my friend, let me divulge) throws a friendly wrench into this case. There are, in various stages, about fifty lawsuits about artificial intelligence models that were trained on copyright protected works, sometimes tantamount to the entire internet. University of Santa Clara’s Professor Edward Lee keeps track for us and for ... The post Just because I’m amused by Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence. appeared first on Forensic Musicologist Services.| Forensic Musicologist Services
Last week, a judge dismissed what is almost certainly the final chapter in Vince Vance’s misguided “All I Want For Christmas Is You” lawsuits. No surprise there. I’ve explained multiple times why the case was fundamentally flawed from the outset. The dismissal is the right outcome. But I’m left with an uneasy sense that something ... The post Whom to Sanction When There’s Blame to Go Around? appeared first on Forensic Musicologist Services.| Forensic Musicologist Services
Delighted to be on with the BBC to discuss, fortunately, not one of the more nuanced cases out there. And especially pleased and grateful to the host and producers for not letting me sound silly after what had gone something like: 8:30am: RING. “Hi. It’s BBC News. Can you jump on in 45 minutes to ...| Forensic Musicologist Services
As a forensic musicologist, I’m asked about AI, of course. “How do artificial intelligence-based tools affect my process?” and “What do I think about training models on copyrighted musical works?” To the first question, yes, I’m using AI more and more, certainly not for assessing substantial similarity, but cool stuff like stem separation, for example ... The post Is AI Learning or Infringing? Thomson Reuters v. Ross Through a Musicologist’s Lens appeared first on Forensic Music...| Forensic Musicologist Services
But The Plaintiff’s Musicological Argument Still Falls Flat. Music copyright stuff happened yesterday, a little bit. As reported by Rolling Stone and Billboard this morning, the Miley Cyrus’s Flowers vs. Bruno Mars’ When I Was Your Man case can’t stop, won’t stop—following an interesting attempt at dismissal that stood no reasonable chance. Flowers, of course, ...| Forensic Musicologist Services
This one will be fun—huge records by huge stars. “Flowers” and “When I Was Your Man” were both number-one hits and Grammy winners. “Flowers” was Record of the Year! Two super well-known songs, and nobody is completely shocked at this filing. (Which, by the way, is not Bruno Mars but Tempo Music Investments, LLC, which ...| Forensic Musicologist Services
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Whatever the record is for our quickest “let’s get to the bottom of this” analysis I intend to break it here. I’ll start with the conclusion. This song (“Dare To Know”) from a record that I didn’t know existed (“Reunion”) by the band (“YES”) I listened to constantly as a youngster, but not much since, ...| Forensic Musicologist Services
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Mr. 305 had a hit with “I Feel Good” a few years ago and y’know what, “a few years” happens to be the duration we associate with the statute of limitations for the most part. So, if you were the plaintiff, All Surface Publishing, it was time to get a move on. All Surface says ...| Forensic Musicologist Services