”It's piracy at AI speed.”
When musicians have fake music released under their name on Spotify
This is what Jens Skov Thomsen, Head of Secretariat and Legal Affairs, from the Danish Musicians' Union, says, in a article on Kulturmonitor
The statement is a reaction to a new type of fraud, where musicians are deprived of the opportunity to earn money from their genuine and self-produced music, when fake tracks are on their profiles.
Pianist Carsten Dahl woke up to find that a new song had landed in his own back catalogue on Spotify. And he is not the only musician whose profile is being used by scammers to upload AI music. Several established musicians, including Chris Minh Doky and Lennart Ginmann, have also experienced music being released in their name that they are unaware of., Is it stated on dr.dk
The responsibility for addressing the problem primarily lies with the streaming services – and in this case, Spotify, explains Jens Skov Thomsen to Kulturmonitor. He is calling for an approval option for the individual artist:
»As it is now, it's all turned on its head. You have free access to upload something, and then it's up to the artist to get it taken down afterwards. It would be obvious to introduce artist approval,« he says.
There is a big difference in how the platforms handle identity theft, says Thomas Heldrup from the Alliance for Rights in the article in Kulturmonitor.
”More services have succeeded in stopping these types of cases: ’On both Amazon and YouTube Music, ’Midnight Jazz on Your Skin« has never been associated with Carsten Dahl's profile, and on the platform Deezer, the track doesn't exist at all, perhaps because they do a lot here to prevent AI-generated content,' says Thomas Heldrup.".
At the moment, Spotify is testing a new ’artist profile protection’ tool, which aims to »stop AI-slop from being awarded to real artists.
